Impact of agricultural practices on soil productivity and sustainability of Abis experimental research station (AbisERS), Egypt [electronic resource]
Language: English Summary language: Arabic Description: p. 37-49Other title:- تأثير الممارسات الزراعية علي إنتاجية وإستدامة الأرض بمحطة البحوث الزراعية بأبيس، مصر [Added title page title]
- Alexandria journal of agricultural sciences, 2016 v. 61 (1) [electronic resource]
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The Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, owns an experimental research station located in Abis area (AbisERS), Southern East Alexandria City, with a total area of 209.6 ha. Over the years, numerous research studies were conducted on AbisERS. However, lack of a comprehensive historical database to document land and crop management practices and the related soil productivity is apparent. The present study aims to develop a geo-info-base assessing soil quality/productivity and sustainability based on the soil management practices. Surface soil samples were collected from 153 geo-referenced locations and analyzed to obtain major soil quality/productivity indicators. QuickBird satellite image and geographic information system (GIS) were utilized to build a digital geo-referenced database to develop soil quality indicator maps. Moreover, stepwise multiple regression analysis was applied to identify factors affecting the soil productivity. Other data was extracted from previous work of Darwish (1977) and AI-Attar (1980) and the available farm records. Results showed high variations in all measured soil indicators within the AbisERS. The salinity/sodicity indicator map showed that 19 % of the area was non-saline/non-sodic, 55 % moderate-saline/non-sodic, and 26 % was saline-sodic soils. As an average, the soil salinity increased from 2.3 ± 0.9 in 1977 to 4.6 ± 5.4 dS/m in 2007, reflecting low efficient management practices that control soil salinization. The SAR also increased from 4.6 ± 1.8 in 1977 to 6.0 ± 5.2 in 2007. The low efficiency of the drainage system resulted in fluctuating water table and increase soil salinity/sodicity risks. The study also revealed unbalanced use of nutrients. P was infrequently and insufficiently applied during the last 20 years. Therefore, soil available P was lowered to the deficiency level in 63.6 % of the area and was correlated with wheat yield. Soil Organic matter content (OM) averaged 2.6%± 0.2% in 1977 that reduced to 1.9 ± 0.6% in 2007.
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