Jamal Saeed Deryag  ⁽¹⁾ and Fathallah Mohammed El-Madani ⁽¹⁾ *

(1). Dept of soil and water Faculty of Agric, Omer El-Mukhtar University, Libya.^.

 (*Corresponding author: Fathallah El-Madani.:E-Mail: ftallhl202078@gmail.com).

Received:19/07/2023          Accepted:02/09/2023

Abstract: 

  A pot experiment was conducted at the Soil and Water Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Omar El-Mukhtar University, El-Baida, Libya to investigate the impact of biochar of different sizes (0.0, 7.20, 21.87, 36.45 g/7 kg soil, equivalent to 0.0, 5.0, 15.0, and 25.0 ton/ha) as an organic soil amendment on the growth and productivity of Triticum durum L. The results showed a significant improvement in vegetative growth and productivity of wheat plants grown in sandy soil treated with biochar compared to the control treatment, with an increase in the measured parameters.

Keywords: Biochar, particle size, sandy soil, wheat.

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