Feras AlKhzaim ⁽¹⁾, Aziza Ajouri⁽²⁾, and Ahmad Shams Aldien Shaaban^*(3)

⁽¹⁾ PhD Student, Department of Soil Science and Land Reclamation, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Aleppo University.

 ⁽²⁾ Department of Soil Science and Land Reclamation, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Aleppo University.

⁽³⁾ Department of Field Crop, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Aleppo University.

(*Corresponding author: Ahmad Shams Aldien Shaaban. E-Mail: Shaabany57@gmail.com).

Received: 10/5/2024                       Accepted: 13/7/2024

Abstract

A field experiment was carried out in the village of Al-Maflisa in the eastern countryside of Aleppo, by planting durum wheat variety Douma 1. During the season 2019/2020 & 2020/2021, with the aim of studying the effect of concentrations of nano-zinc fertilizer, such as adding soil and foliar spray, on the soil content as well as the grain and straw content of zinc, and its reflection on some of productive characteristics of wheat. The experiment designed using completely randomized block design RCBD with three replicates. The treatments were soil application by (100, 150, 200, 250 ppm) and foliar application (50, 100, 150, 200 ppm), and control (without fertilizer). The results showed that the addition of nano-zinc achieved a significant increase in the concentration of Zn in grain and straw and an increase in yield component such as the number of grain per spike, TKW, and grain yield of wheat plant compared to the control. The effect of the addition method on the studied traits also varied from one season to other. The foliar spraying at a concentration of 150 ppm was superior for most of the studied characteristics, the grain yield reached 5437 kg/ha, and the average length of spikes exceeded 15 cm. the highest soil zinc content was observed in the same treatment for both seasons, reaching (1.13 mg Zn / kg soil) in the first season and (1.14 mg Zn / kg soil) in the second season.

Keywords: Soil Application, Foliar application, Zn, Wheat.
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