A greenhouse pot experiment was conducted at the Experimental Farm of the Faculty of Agriculture, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt. The effectiveness of a mixture of two plant growth promoting rhizobacteria, PGPR, (i.e. B. subtilis EF1 and P. fluorescens KW1) and four compost application rates (0.00, 0.50, 0.75 and 1.0% W/W) under three irrigation water quantities (1.0, 0.8 and 0.6 from crop evapotranspiration, ETc) was studied in a sandy soil cultivated with wheat plant (Triticum aestivum L.). The results showed that, the shoot of 90-day old plants and straw and grain yields of 120-day old plants wheat were increased with increasing the added amount of both irrigation water and compost. The highest grain and straw yields were obtained under the treatment 1.0 ETc + 1.0% compost with the biofertilizer where the increases over the corresponding control were 87.1 and 34.4%, respectively. No significant difference was observed in water productivity between 1.0 and 0.8 ETc. Relative water content and electrolyte leakage of the 90-day old plants were found to be enhanced by raising the amounts of the studied factors. The current study suggested that, 20% of irrigation water used for wheat might be saved by applying 1.0% compost and the biofertilizer without any significant reduction in wheat yield.
Osama M. Ghanem, A. A. E. (2020). Improving Wheat Growth and Yield through Application of Compost and Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria under Deficit Irrigation in a Sandy Soil. Journal of Soil and Water Sciences, 5(1), 21-30. doi: 10.21608/jsws.2020.156304
MLA
Ahmed A. El-Kharbotly Osama M. Ghanem. "Improving Wheat Growth and Yield through Application of Compost and Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria under Deficit Irrigation in a Sandy Soil". Journal of Soil and Water Sciences, 5, 1, 2020, 21-30. doi: 10.21608/jsws.2020.156304
HARVARD
Osama M. Ghanem, A. A. E. (2020). 'Improving Wheat Growth and Yield through Application of Compost and Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria under Deficit Irrigation in a Sandy Soil', Journal of Soil and Water Sciences, 5(1), pp. 21-30. doi: 10.21608/jsws.2020.156304
VANCOUVER
Osama M. Ghanem, A. A. E. Improving Wheat Growth and Yield through Application of Compost and Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria under Deficit Irrigation in a Sandy Soil. Journal of Soil and Water Sciences, 2020; 5(1): 21-30. doi: 10.21608/jsws.2020.156304