جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « Soil fertility » در نشریات گروه « کشاورزی »

 Although man-made biochars positively affect soil properties and plant performance, their preparation and use, especially on a large scale, are costly. On the other hand, mineral biochar can be considered an alternative method. However, there is no information about the effect of this type of biochar and its method of use on soil characteristics and plant performance.

 Effect of levels of 0 (control), 5, 12, and 25% of mineral biochar (obtained from the mine of Koohbanan city, Kerman province) in three forms of use (including mixed with surface soil, mixed with deep bottom soil, and mixed with total volume soil) on the vegetative performance of bush Fortuynia bungei, shrub Calligonum comosum and tree Ziziphus spina-christi were evaluated in a completely randomized factorial design in the nursery during four months. Cultivation operations in two stages included the germination section (without biochar) and studying the treatments' effects on the species' vegetative characteristics. The seeds were planted in pots containing 100 grams of sand. After sprouting the seedlings and their three to five leaves, one seedling was selected from each pot and transferred to larger pots containing biochar. The amount of water required was determined based on the measurement of soil field capacity. Seedling characteristics were measured at 20-day intervals for four months, and biomass production was measured at the end of the experimental period. At the end of the test period, some soil properties were examined, including organic carbon, total nitrogen, absorbable phosphorus, absorbable potassium, acidity, and electrical conductivity.

 The application of different levels and the manner of using biochar to the evaluated characteristics showed that the most noticeable effect was related to the level of biochar. In other words, although using biochar or the cultivated species resulted in varying results, the amount of biochar had the greatest effect on the evaluated characteristics. The findings showed the effect of higher levels of biochar and the mixture of biochar with the total soil volume on plant species performance (Sig.0.005). Also, the species performed differently, so C. comosum had the highest growth height (65 cm), and F. bungei had the lowest growth height (19 cm). The method of using biochar also had a significant effect on plant biomass, so the highest biomass was related to F. bungei (9.2 grams) under the influence of 25% biochar mixed with the entire soil profile. The levels of biochar or plant species alone affected soil properties. However, the combined effect of the species and the level of biochar used on soil properties was not noticeable. With the application of 25% of biochar, nitrogen (from 0.14 to 0.25%), organic matter (0.88 to 4.1%), and electrical conductivity (0.76 to 1.33 dS/m) showed the most changes (Sig.<0.001).

 By increasing biochar levels, improved soil properties and plant performance were observed. On the other hand, biochar application affects plant performance depending on species. The method of using biochar also significantly changed the performance of cultivated plants so that, considering the economic discussion of using biochar, its mixture with the entire soil profile leads to higher production than mixing biochar with surface or deep soil. However, more studies are needed regarding biochar's effect on soil properties and plant performance.

Biological control of erosion in sloping lands and recognizing the effects of plant species, which are used for rangeland improvement, is the most effective and sustainable method for stabilizing and controlling soil fertility in rangeland.Variations of plants composition cause extensive changes in the soil so that in the short term return to the original state is limited .The interactions of plant species on soil have been studied in various research.Tree species with creating litter, have positive effects on physical and chemical properties of soil, and their loss due to various factors leads to a decrease in soil quality characteristics. The aim of this study is investigation the effects of plant species  planted to improve and rehabilitation slope lands on recovering of soil characteristics of Kakhk watershed.

Kakhk watershed with 37.2 Km2 area in northeastern of Iran is located between 58° 31ʹ 12ʺ to 58° 37ʹ 08ʺ E longitude and 34° 02ʹ 13ʺ to 34° 05ʹ 04ʺ N latitude. The average annual rainfall of the basin is 243 mm. The project of improving and rehabilitating the destroyed lands and pastures in this watershed including sub-projects of planting fruit tree and non-fruit trees, shrub planting, range seeding, seeding, and mount culture Which started in 1993 and has continued until 2006. Slope, direction of slope, altitude, and geology maps of the basin was prepared with GIS software and by overlying them homogeneous work unit maps was obtained.Sampling sites were selected under similar condition of geology and topography. Soil sampling was done randomly and systematically from 0-30 and 30-60 cm depth of understory soil of Prunus amygdalus, Pinus eldarica, Rhus Coriaria and bare area (control treatment). soil texture by hydrometric method, amount of organic matter by Valky block method, pH of saturated soil extract with pH meter, electrical conductivity of saturated soil extract with EC meter, total nitrogen by Kjeldahl method, absorbable phosphorus by Olsen method, lime, potassium, and Bicarbonate of soil samples was measured in soil science laboratory. One-way analysis of variance was used to compare between several independent groups.Also, the comparison of means and differences between groups was investigated using LSD and Dunnett t3 test.

The highest percentage of Nitrogen (0.054), Potassium (270 mg/kg), Phosphorus (6.6 mg/kg), and the percentage of organic matter (0.96) were observed in understory soil of R.coriaria and the highest percentage of lime (7.91) was observed in P. eldarica understory soil. Their lowest values were 0.017, 96.33, 1.92, 0.3, and 2.87, respectively, in the soil of control area. The analysis of variance results showed that there was no significant difference at the level of 5% between the amount of acidity, salinity in all soil depth, and bicarbonate in depth of 30-60 and 0-60 centimeters of soil in different treatments. The percent of sand, silt, and clay also have a significant difference at the level of 5% between treatments in total soil depth (0-60 cm). The average amount of Nitrogen and organic matter of control area in depth of 0-30 cm have a significant difference at a 5% level with P. Amygdalus, P. Eldarica, R. Coriaria treatments. There are a significant difference at a 5% level between the average of potassium (137.67 mg/kg), organic matter (0.55 %), and lime (8.04 %) in understory soil (0-30cm) of P. Eldarica treatment with R.Coriaria region (278.67 mg/kg, 1.07 % and 4.38% respectively) and only in term of lime have a significant difference with P. Amygdalus treatment. The mean of phosphorus (6.26 mg/kg) and organic matter (0.84%) in P.Amygdalus treatment are significantly different from the control area (1.82 mg/kg and 0.32% respectively) but not significantly different with P.Eldarica and R. Coriaria. The soil of 0 to 30 cm depth in the R.Coriaria cultivation area was the most different from the control area in terms of studied chemical parameters. The average amount of Nitrogen, potassium, phosphorus, organic matter and silt  of control area in depthes of 30 to 60 cm showed a significant difference at 5% level with P. Amygdalus, R. Coriaria treatments. Soil pH and EC in none of the treatments and studied depths did not show a significant difference with the soil in the control area at the level of 5%.

The results of this research showed the planting of different trees species in Kakhk watershed has been causes changes in some physical and chemical properties of soil.The R. Coriaria and P. Amyigdalus species more than P. Eldarica provide soil fertility by increasing the minerals Such potassium, nitrogen, phosphorus and organic matter in the their understory soil without significant increasing unhelpful indicators such as salinity. Since Rh.coriaria has better ability for establish and growth in the slopping lands, so it can be used as a suitable species to repairing and rehabilitation of destroyed mountain pastures in Gonabad County.

 Unbalanced and frequent use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides results in the degradation of soil physicochemical properties, loss of soil-born organisms, reduction of quality of produced crops and reduction of yield plant. Nowadays, due to environmental considerations of chemical fertilizers, use of organic acids for quantitative and qualitative improvement of crops has been increased. Humic materials are natural organic compounds that contain 50 to 90% of organic matters of peat, wood coal and rotten material, as well as non-living organic matters of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Humic compounds indirectly increase soil fertility by providing micro- and macro-elements for root, improving soil structure, increasing medium permeability to water and air, increasing soil microbial population and beneficial microorganisms, increasing cation exchange capacity and the ability to buffer pH of medium or nutrient solution, and providing some special substances for plant roots such as nucleic acids and acetamides.

 In order to investigate the influence of humic and fulvic acids on some growth characteristics in ornamental plant of Scindapsus spp., an experiment was conducted based on a completely randomized design with three replications at greenhouse in Ferdowsi University of Mashhad during 2014-2015. The first factor was humic acid in four levels of 0, 0.2, 0.5, 1 g/l, and the second factor was fulvic acid in four levels of 0, 0.2, 0.5, 1 g/l. Cuttings were taken from the plant in late March. Two weeks after transferring the rooted cuttings to pot, the treatments were applied on plants via fertigation. The traits measured in the experiment included plant height, mean number of nodes, internode length, leaf number, leaf length, leaf width, leaf area, root length, root fresh weight, leaf fresh weight, shoot fresh weight, aerial organ fresh weight, root volume, aerial organ volume, root dry weight, leaf dry weight, shoot dry weight, aerial organ dry weight, fresh and dry weights ratios of aerial organ to fresh weight. Statistical analysis of data was performed by 8-JMP software. LSD test was used to compare the means of the data.

 Based on the results obtained, the combined use of humic acid and fulvic acid had a significant effect on height, fresh and dry weights of leaf, shoot, aerial organ and root, number of node and leaf and volume of aerial organ, fresh and dry weights of root, length and volume of root and the ratio of fresh and dry weights of aerial organ to root. Thus, combined use of humic acid and fulvic acid caused an increase in all the measured traits compared to the control treatment. Furthermore, an increase was observed in the length, width, and area of leaf, and internode length as the result of application of humic substances when compared to the control treatment. Organic fertilizers increase plant growth by improving soil conditions and increasing availability of plant to nutrients. Humic compounds cause changes in the specific distribution of cytokinins, polyamines and ATP by affecting the activity of root H+-ATPase and the distribution of root nitrate in the stem, thus affecting the growth of the plant stem. Humic materials increase plant growth by using different mechanisms such as hormonal effects, direct effect on plant cell metabolism, increase of cell division, chelating power and nutrient uptake, increase of soil ventilation and enhancement of plant photosynthesis by increasing Rubisco enzyme activity. Increasing nitrogen uptake leads to the increase in the growth of shoots and aerial organs. It also increases the number of branches in plants and increases the production of dry matter by increasing the production of photosynthetic materials.

 In general, according to the results of this experiment, it can be concluded that application of humic substances (humic acid and fulvic acid) together, improved the growth characteristics of the plant and led to the better growth of the plant; therefore, these materials can be a good alternative to plant growth-stimulating chemical fertilizers.

The global approach in agricultural production is to increase the quantitative and qualitative yield of plants through management methods such as the use of organic fertilizers and reducing the use of chemical fertilizers. This experiment was conducted as a split factorial arrangement with three replications in two folds in Bandarabbas during 2018 and 2019. The main factor included irrigation intervals at three levels (irrigation 80, 60, and 40% of field capacity) and the subfactor was different fertilizer sources at three levels (poultry manure, sheep manure, and chemical fertilizer based on the results of soil and plant test) and different species of Atriplex (A. canascens, A. leucoclada and A. lentiformis). The results showed that increasing drought stress increased ion and malondialdehyde leakage and decreased relative leaf water content and leaf chlorophyll content of Atriplex. In irrigation of 60 and 40% of field capacity, the use of poultry and sheep manures reduced ion and malondialdehyde leakage of leaves. At 40% of field capacity, plant height in poultry and sheep manures increased by 28% and 38% compared to chemical fertilizer. Also, in 40% of field capacity, biological yield in poultry and sheep manures compared to chemical fertilizer showed a 4 and 8% increase. Increasing the total phenol content in sheep manures compared to chemical fertilizer in irrigation was 40% of field capacity. Overall, the results showed that the use of organic fertilizers by improving physiological traits to some extent increased the resistance to drought stress. Also, in drought stress conditions, organic fertilizers were more effective than chemical fertilizers. In general, based on the findings of this research, it can be concluded that the use of organic fertilizers in order to provide all or part of the nutritional needs of Atriplex maintains the optimal yield of Atriplex plants under water stress conditions.

Cadmium is one of the heavy metals, which the results of recent research indicate the severe biological toxicity, irreversibility, accumulation and non-degradability of this element in nature, and its accumulation in the soil causes a decrease in soil fertility and crop yields. One of the ways to improve the fertility of contaminated soils is the use of waste materials such as fly ash and its derivatives. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of fly ash derivatives and genotype treatments on rice yield. The experiments of two cropping years 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 were performed in two forms of field and pot cultivation in private lands located in Kheyber town of Dezful city. This research was done by split plot method and in the form of randomized complete block design. The main factor included four amendments; soil with zero ash (as control), ash, intermediate material and zeolite. The sub-factor included two cultivars; Champa and Anbarbo. The studied traits are grain yield and plant dry weight. Comparison of treatment averages were done by Duncan's method and at two probability levels of 1% and 5%. According to the results, the effect of fly ash treatment and its derivatives on rice yield had a significant effect at 1% level. Genotype also had a significant effect on rice yield at 1% level. Also, the interaction effect of fly ash treatment and derivatives and genotype treatment had a significant effect on rice yield at 1% level. So that the lowest and the highest amount of yield with the amount of 3065.42 and 3555.96 kg/ha in the field experiment and 3162.54 and 3668.1 kg/ha in the pot experiment were corresponeded to the control treatment and Anbarbo variety and fly ash Champa treatments respectively. It was found that the treatment of fly ash and Champa variety was statistically higher than the other treatments at 5% level according to Duncan's test. According to the comparison results, the highest yield in both field and pot tests was observed in intermediates treatment and Champa variety.

To investigate the effect of different amounts of wheat residues on growth and yield of barley cultivars in cold regions, a strip plot design based on a randomized complete block design with three replications was done in two years at Dry land Research Institute of Iran, Maragheh Station. In this study, the amount of wheat residues at three levels of 0.0, 1.5 and 3 ton/ha as horizontal factors and barley cultivars including Sahand, Abidar, Reyhan03 and Usef as vertical factors were evaluated. The experiment was carried out on a wheat- barley rotation farm. Residues of the wheat were added to the experimental plots and distributed uniformly on the surface of the soil. Plant residues of 3 tons per hectare had positive effects on early establishment of seedlings in the field, cold tolerance, yield and yield components of barley. The results also showed that Abidar cultivar had the highest positive reaction to the addition of wheat residues in the amount of 3 tons per hectare in terms of seedling emergence rate and percentage, thousand kernel weight, grain yield, biomass yield, productivity rate and precipitation efficiency index. Therefore, the maintenance of wheat residues of 3 tons per hectare can improve the yield of barley in cold regions

In congruence with the idea of sustainable development, integrated soil fertility and plant nutrition management has received global attention. The challenges facing soil fertility and plant nutrition in Iran include low soil organic carbon and nutrient contents, imbalanced plant nutrition, low nutrient efficiency, ineffective soil fertility system, environmental stresses, non-efficient fertilizer application, and inadequate knowledge transfer to users. Under these conditions, recommending proper fertilizers will be a multi-faceted and complex task. The development of a framework that incorporates all the factors involved into a single management package is the prerequisite to the integrated soil fertility and plant nutrition management as a smart system for applying an optimal assortment of chemical, organic, and biological sources of nutrients well adapted to environmental and local conditions and aimed at optimized exploitation of inherent soil capacities in a cropping system while sparing negative effects on soil ecological services. The desired integrated management system must be capable of duly accounting for all the components including plant variety; chemical, organic, and biological fertilizers; cropping system; climatic and soil conditions; and socio-economic parameters. The present study introduces the following three steps to achieve an integrated management system: 1) participation of all the stakeholders in the design, prioritization, implementation, and monitoring processes; 2) integrated use of chemical, organic, and bio-fertilizers in terms of amounts, timing, and method of application well adapted to the nutritional requirements of the plant varieties grown in the established cropping system with due consideration of environmental stresses; and 3) dissemination of localized knowledge and know-how of the integrated management system with the help of local extensionists and volunteer farmers from a pilot farm for replication and achievement of the expected outcomes in other farming sites.

In many areas of Iran wher water is scarce, including the western Khorasan, people have understood the importance of water and soil resources. They have made great efforts to protect them, and they also gained valuable experiences. The use of these experiences in the construction of the Bandsars allowed optimizing the water and soil resources and the localization of  watershed management operations which will improve the effectiveness of those operations. The bandsars cause the sedimentation of suspended particles by controlling the flow rate, and consequency, in addition to the increase in soil fertility, improve the recharge of groundwater, vegetation cover and desertification control. This research studies the effect of the use of flood in bandsars,  located in the south of the city of Sabzevar on soil fertility using both field and laboratory methods. To achieve this, 5 Bandsars sites were selected in the study area, and in each site 3 soil profiles inside the bandsars and also 3 profiles outside the Bandsars with 60 cm depth were digged. The soil samples were collected from three depths of 0-20, 20-40 and 40-60 cm. Soil samples were transported to the laboratory and the amount of organic mater, N, P and K were measured. Results were analysed using t as well as Dankan tests. Results showed that the values of the fertilizing elements such as organic mater, N, P are different between inside and outside the bandsars, and are higher inside the bandsars comparing to the related outside areas. Although this difference is not statistically significant in some cases, it can be concluded that Bandsars improved soil fertility.

Insects are the most abundant organisms associated with plants and soil. Mass rearing of insects to supply animal feed has provided access to insect frass as a new source of organic fertilizer. The chemical composition of insect frass (i.e., proper amounts of organic nitrogen, soluble carbon, and nutritional elements as well as a low carbon to nitrogen ratio) and its physical properties (fine size and layered structure) have given rise to an increasing interest in their potential use for enhancing soil fertility and developing novel organic products. In addition to its being a rich source of plant nutrients, insect frass not only contains beneficial microorganisms such as some species of Bacillus and Pseudomonas bacteria but is also the only source of chitin available top plants to improve their resistance to biotic (insects and nematodes) and abiotic (drought and salinity) stresses. Current studies in the field are focused on the two industrial insects of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) and mealworm (Tenebrio molitor). The results have shown that application of 5-10 tons of frass from these two insects per hectare of farm soil increases the yield, both in quantity and quality, in such important crops as rapeseed, barley, rye grass, corn, and sugar beet. Given the nationwide rise in the mass rearing of industrial insects, it is instructive to accelerate the development of appropriate methods and standards for their application as a fertilizer.