Productivity Improvement of Canola Genotypes Under Salinity Stress Conditions by Integration between Mineral and Nano-Scale forms of Nitrogen Fertilizer

Mohamed, Doaa; Fergany, Mohamed; Elhabbasha, Elsayed F; El-temsah, Mohamed

doi:10.21608/ajs.2022.140893.1481

Productivity Improvement of Canola Genotypes Under Salinity Stress Conditions by Integration between Mineral and Nano-Scale forms of Nitrogen Fertilizer

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Agronomy Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, P.O. Box 68, Hadayek Shoubra 11241, Cairo, Egypt

² Agronomy Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University P.O. Box 68, Hadayek Shoubra 11241, Cairo, Egypt

³ Field Crops Research Department, National Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt

10.21608/ajs.2022.140893.1481

Abstract

Two field experiments were conducted during in 2019/20 and 2020/21 seasons to study the impact of integration among mineral and nanoparticle nitrogen (N) fertilizer levels on yield traits and chemical characters of some canola genotypes grown under salt stress conditions. Four treatments of N fertilization (190 kg N/ha as recommended dose; 50% of the recommended, 95 kg N/ha+nano nitrogen (5 L/ha); 25 % of the recommended, 47.5 kg N/ha+nano-nitrogen (5 L/ha), and nano-nitrogen (rate of 5 L/ha). canola genotypes (Trabber, Agamax, and Serw4) performance were assessed under three levels of saline irrigation water (control, 2000, and 4000 mg L^-1). Results showed that increasing salinity levels up to 4000 mg L^-1 led to decreasing in all studied yield parameters compared with those of control (tap water). Trabber genotype excelled significantly in most of the yield characteristics. Integration between nanoscale and mineral nitrogen fertilizer, i.e. 95 kg N/ha+5 nano N L/ha) showed superiority over all applied N treatments, recording the highest values. It could be concluded that since application of 95 kg N/ha+5 nano N L/ha exploiting the nano form of N saves about 50% of applied nitrogen in canola under saline conditions. Accordingly, nanoparticles help the environmental pollution to be reduced.

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