Razik, E., Aziz, Z., Akl, A. (2021). USING OF NANOTECHNOLOGY TO EVALUATE SOME POTASSIUM SOURCES AND METHODS APPLICATION ON SOIL AND PLANT. Menoufia Journal of Soil Science, 6(3), 111-132. doi: 10.21608/mjss.2021.169826
Eman M. Abd El- Razik; Zienab H. Abd El- Aziz; A. A. Akl. "USING OF NANOTECHNOLOGY TO EVALUATE SOME POTASSIUM SOURCES AND METHODS APPLICATION ON SOIL AND PLANT". Menoufia Journal of Soil Science, 6, 3, 2021, 111-132. doi: 10.21608/mjss.2021.169826
Razik, E., Aziz, Z., Akl, A. (2021). 'USING OF NANOTECHNOLOGY TO EVALUATE SOME POTASSIUM SOURCES AND METHODS APPLICATION ON SOIL AND PLANT', Menoufia Journal of Soil Science, 6(3), pp. 111-132. doi: 10.21608/mjss.2021.169826
Razik, E., Aziz, Z., Akl, A. USING OF NANOTECHNOLOGY TO EVALUATE SOME POTASSIUM SOURCES AND METHODS APPLICATION ON SOIL AND PLANT. Menoufia Journal of Soil Science, 2021; 6(3): 111-132. doi: 10.21608/mjss.2021.169826
USING OF NANOTECHNOLOGY TO EVALUATE SOME POTASSIUM SOURCES AND METHODS APPLICATION ON SOIL AND PLANT
Soils, Water and Environment Res. Inst., Agric. Res. Center, Giza, Egypt
Abstract
A field experiment was conducted on clay soil at Agriculture Research Center Station, Giza, Egypt, tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L., var. 448) plants were grown during the winter season of 2020-2021. Nanofertilizers were prepared by ball-milling and investigated by Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) measuring the potassium fertilizer particle sizes. Four treatments were apply as 100% of recommended dose (traditional K fertilizer-control treatment) 60, 30, 10% K NFs and two sources of KNFs as K-humate(bio-source) and K-gluconate(organo-source), and two methods of K fertilizer apply as soil and foliar. The K-compound were sprayed with 1000g/400 liter fed-1. The aim of this study improving the use of potassium fertilizers by applying nanotechnology, raising tomato yields and reducing K loss. The data appeared that tomato yield and their quality showed more response to foliar application, K-humate at rate 10% of K NFs, and showed that the KNFs foliar spray application at rate of 10% reduced losses of K through soil depths.