M. Shokr, M. Jalhoum, Abdelaziz A. Belal, M. Abdou, Hend Abdelhameed
{"title":"Assessment of Agricultural Sustainability of Bahariya Oasis using Geo-informatics techniques","authors":"M. Shokr, M. Jalhoum, Abdelaziz A. Belal, M. Abdou, Hend Abdelhameed","doi":"10.21608/ejss.2022.143674.1507","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ejss.2022.143674.1507","url":null,"abstract":"Globally, Food security is considered one of the most issues for humanity due to rapid population growth thus sustainable natural resources assessment is required. Well assessment and management of soil can aid in achieving food security. Agriculture sector in Egypt is facing some obstacles related to sustainability. These include scarce land and water resources, degradation of environment and high rate of population growth. This study focuses on evaluating of agricultural sustainability development in Bahariya oasis, western desert of Egypt. Maps of physiographic and soils were produced using analysis of multispectral Sentinal-2 image with spatial resolution 10 m dropped over digital elevation model (DEM), A shuttle radar topography mission (SRTM) 1-arc-second v.30 DEM. Fifty soil profiles were dug to represent geomorphological units within study area. Soil productivity, environmental security, environmental protection, economic viability, and social acceptability of proposed management options were calculated within the study's landscapes using the Framework for Evaluating Sustainable Land Management (FESLM). The results revealed that the investigated area classified into lands that are marginally below the requirement of sustainability with an area of 534.34 km 2 and the rest of study area are not meet sustainability requirements. The sustainability challenges in the investigated area are associated with productivity, economic viability and social acceptability. This research suggests some practices to achieve sustainable development in the study area for instance practicing farmers on modern ways of well management and soil conservation, increase level of health and school care, facilitation of loans for farmers and increasing markets number. outputs from this study can provide decision makers with valuable data that help them to ensure achieving of sustainable management within study area.","PeriodicalId":44612,"journal":{"name":"EGYPTIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47908384","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hassan Elramady, E. Brevik, Tamer Elsakhawy, A. Omara, M. Amer, M. Abowaly, A. El-Henawy, Joerg Prokisch
{"title":"Soil and Humans: A Comparative and A Pictorial Mini-Review","authors":"Hassan Elramady, E. Brevik, Tamer Elsakhawy, A. Omara, M. Amer, M. Abowaly, A. El-Henawy, Joerg Prokisch","doi":"10.21608/ejss.2022.144794.1508","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ejss.2022.144794.1508","url":null,"abstract":"What is nexus between soil and human health? Abstract Soil is an essential component in the ecological system that supports human life with needed food for humans, feeds for animals, fibres, fuels, building materials, and other necessities. However, soil suffers from a number of problems caused by humans, presented here in pictorial form. This review will take us on a narrative journey through soils with a focus on the soil-human relationship and its impact on soil ecosystems. Soil has direct and indirect relationships to humans, starting with the crucial roles of soil in human life, including its support of human civilization through ecosystem services, sustainable agriculture, and human health. It is essential and urgent to manage soils for health and sustainability by building the soil-food-environment-health nexus. This work is an attempt to highlight major roles that soil plays in human life in a presentation that is more photos and less words, because one photo is worth one thousand words.","PeriodicalId":44612,"journal":{"name":"EGYPTIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45611540","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Soil Magnetism and Magnetically Treated Water and Possible Role for Sustainable Agriculture: A review","authors":"Rama Talat Rashad","doi":"10.21608/ejss.2022.135265.1500","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ejss.2022.135265.1500","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44612,"journal":{"name":"EGYPTIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48250770","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Jalhoum, M. Hassan, Fathalla Farag, M. Abdou, Elsayed Abd elsattar, M. Emam, A. Belal, A. El-Baroudy, M. Shokr
{"title":"MODELING OF AGRO-ECOLOGICAL ZONES FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE EVELOPMENT IN HALAYEB AREA, EGYPT","authors":"M. Jalhoum, M. Hassan, Fathalla Farag, M. Abdou, Elsayed Abd elsattar, M. Emam, A. Belal, A. El-Baroudy, M. Shokr","doi":"10.21608/ejss.2022.130269.1499","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ejss.2022.130269.1499","url":null,"abstract":"T he Halayeb area is one of the most important Egyptian places, occupying a portion of the country's southeastern desert zone and serving as a strategic border with Sudan. The major goal of this study is to combine existing data on landforms, soil qualities, and climate data to define agro-ecological zones (AEZ) that are suitable for agricultural development. Thirty-two soil profiles were dug throughout the study region to represent physiographic units, and a digital soil map was generated based on an analysis of the digital elevation model and Landsat 8 satellite data, as well as climatic data from nine sites within the study area. Using the Model Builder in ArcGIS software, AEZ were created based on overlay maps of topography, soil chemical and physical properties, temperature, and precipitation maps. Zone (I) represents highly suitable areas (2.6 percent), zone (II) represents suitable areas (12.4 percent), zone (III) represents moderately suitable areas (26.5 percent), and zone (IV) represents marginally suitable areas (37.3 percent) . highly suitable(S1), suitable (S2), and moderately suitable(S3) were the most appropriate classes for all of the crops studied. The findings will aid decision-makers in developing various development plans based on the research area's conditions. The study's methodology and findings can be used to evaluate which land is best suited for agricultural productivity growth.","PeriodicalId":44612,"journal":{"name":"EGYPTIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43483287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Soil Heavy Metals Pollution: Indexing Approach Assessment and Spatial Distribution (Assanahrah, El-Beheira Governorate, Egypt)","authors":"E. Abdelaty, A. Abd-El-Hady","doi":"10.21608/ejss.2022.119364.1488","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ejss.2022.119364.1488","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44612,"journal":{"name":"EGYPTIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48611902","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ahmed El Refaey, Y. Mohamed, S. El-shazly, A. Abd El Salam
{"title":"Effect of Salicylic and Ascorbic Acids Foliar Application on Picual Olive Trees Growth under Water Stress Condition","authors":"Ahmed El Refaey, Y. Mohamed, S. El-shazly, A. Abd El Salam","doi":"10.21608/ejss.2022.122113.1493","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ejss.2022.122113.1493","url":null,"abstract":"The present study was conducted during the 2018 and 2019 seasons on 5 years of Picual olive trees (Oleaeuropaea L.), grown in calcareous soil at the farm of the Faculty of Desert and Environmental Agriculture, Fuka, Matrouh governorate, Egypt. The main objective was to investigate the effect of foliar application with salicylic acid (SA) (100, and 150mg/L), and ascorbic acid (AA) (50, and 100mg/L) under water stress conditions (rain-fed, 50 and 100 % of crop evapotranspiration (ETc) on growth, physiological characteristics, yield, and fruit quality. The results showed that the highest value of leaf area, shoot length, and yield (kg/tree) were recorded with the treatment salicylic acid (150 mg /L) in both seasons compared with the control. The ascorbic acid at 100 mg/L recorded the highest leaf chlorophyll content and maximum fruit quality compared with the control. Also, sprayed with salicylic acid 100 mg/L and Ascorbic acid at 100 mg/L gave the highest response for leaf content of N, P, K, Ca and Mg (%) compared to other treatments. In addition, 150 mg/L salicylic acid treatment showed the highest value for relative water content associated with the lowest value of leaf proline content compared with control. There were no significant differences between 100% ETc, and 50% ETc irrigation treatment in the presence of salicylic acid 150 mg L or ascorbic acid 100 mg L for enhancing most ofthe studied characteristics.Finally, spraying Picual olive trees with salicylic and ascorbic acids had a positive impact on trees growth, yield, and fruit quality under stress conditions compared to rain-fed treatment in both seasons.","PeriodicalId":44612,"journal":{"name":"EGYPTIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43272049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Abowaly, Said Shaaban, N. Bakr, Tamer A. Elbana, H. El-Ramady
{"title":"Egyptian Journal of Soil Science 2022: A Tribute to Prof. Omar El-Hady","authors":"M. Abowaly, Said Shaaban, N. Bakr, Tamer A. Elbana, H. El-Ramady","doi":"10.21608/ejss.2022.122443.1492","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ejss.2022.122443.1492","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44612,"journal":{"name":"EGYPTIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49625313","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of Calcination and Ca-modified on Bentonite and Zeolite, with Respect to Phosphorus Removal from Aqueous Solution","authors":"Ahmed El Refaey","doi":"10.21608/ejss.2022.108515.1482","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ejss.2022.108515.1482","url":null,"abstract":"The effect of the thermal treatment and Ca-modification on bentonite (Bent) and zeolite (Z) was investigated for the ability of phosphorus sorption. Bentonite and zeolite were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray fluorescence (XRF), Brunauer Emmett Teller (BET) specific surface area, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDX). The XRD analysis indicated that montmorillonite and clinoptolite were the main minerals in bentonite and zeolite, respectively. Bentonite and zeolite were exposed to calcination and hydrothermal treatments with CaCl2 (0.1M) at different temperatures (200, 400, 600, 800, and 1000 o C) for 2 hr. The final reaction products were inspected, by XRD, FTIR, SEM, and EDX.The result of the thermal treatments was a significant loss of crystallinity and their structure in calcination than in hydrothermal treatments as a possible consequence of the increase of calcium ions and changing the Si/Al ratio. Further, batch equilibrium experiments were carried out at room temperature (25 o C) for 24 hr to investigate the effect of thermal treatment of Bent and Z for their ability for phosphorus sorption. The removal ability of phosphorus decreased with the increasing temperature of the thermal treatment of the sorbents as a result of the decreases in pore volume, and surface area. Bent and Z hydrothermal treatments less than 1000 o C indicated the enhancement effect of the calcium bending minerals on phosphorus removal ability.","PeriodicalId":44612,"journal":{"name":"EGYPTIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46727001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Zaghloul, H. Abdelrahman, A. Abdelkhalek, Y. Galal, Hussein Abdel Aziz, suzan Wesa
{"title":"Effects of Dual Inoculation with Irradiated or Non-Irradiated Streptomyces alfalfae Strain XY25 and Mesorhizobium ciceri on Yield and Plant Performance of Chickpea","authors":"R. Zaghloul, H. Abdelrahman, A. Abdelkhalek, Y. Galal, Hussein Abdel Aziz, suzan Wesa","doi":"10.21608/ejss.2021.106761.1479","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ejss.2021.106761.1479","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44612,"journal":{"name":"EGYPTIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2021-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42093597","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"RESPONSE OF PEARL MILLET TO FERTILIZATION BY MINERAL PHOSPHORUS, HUMIC ACID AND MYCORRHIZA UNDER CALCAREOUS SOILS CONDITIONS","authors":"A. Habib","doi":"10.21608/ejss.2021.104285.1474","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ejss.2021.104285.1474","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44612,"journal":{"name":"EGYPTIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2021-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46765152","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}