{"id":10011,"date":"2025-08-27T21:12:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T21:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agri-research-journal.net\/SjarEn\/?p=10011"},"modified":"2025-08-27T21:13:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T21:13:32","slug":"the-effect-of-different-types-of-vermicompost-on-certain-physicochemical-properties-of-the-soil-in-al-hasaka-governorate-and-its-reflection-on-the-productivity-of-cumin-crop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agri-research-journal.net\/SjarEn\/?p=10011","title":{"rendered":"The effect of different types of vermicompost on certain physicochemical properties of the soil in Al-Hasaka governorate and its reflection on the productivity of cumin crop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><strong>Kasem Alfaraj<sup>(1)*<\/sup>, Sami Sheikhmous Othman<sup>(2)<\/sup>, and Mohammad Naif Al-Khalaf<sup>(1)<\/sup><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">(1). Department of Soil Sciences, University of Al-Furat, Deir Ezzor, Syria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">(2). Field Crops Department, Scientific Agricultural Research Center, Qamishli, Syria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">(*Corresponding author: <strong>Mohammad Naif Al-Khalaf<\/strong>, <a href=\"mailto:mohmadkalaf092@gmail.com\">mohmadkalaf092@gmail.com<\/a> , mob.: 0983252779)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Received: 30\/12\/2024 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Accepted: 21\/7\/20225<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; font-size: 17px;\"><strong>Abstract:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; font-size: 17px;\">This study aimed to evaluate the effects of different types of vermicompost (sheep, cattle, and horse manure) and application rates (300, 600, 900, and 1200 kg\/donum) on soil properties and cumin crop productivity in Al-Hasakah Governorate. Results demonstrated that horse-derived vermicompost was most effective in improving soil physical properties, significantly reducing bulk density while increasing porosity, thereby enhancing soil quality and facilitating water and air movement. Regarding chemical properties, sheep-derived vermicompost showed the greatest impact, improving pH and salinity levels while increasing essential nutrients (N, P, K), consequently boosting soil fertility and nutrient uptake. The 300 kg\/donum application rate of sheep vermicompost achieved optimal economic returns, showing the most pronounced improvement in soil properties and cumin yield compared to other tested rates. Cattle vermicompost exhibited moderate improvements in both physical and chemical soil properties, though it proved less economically advantageous than sheep vermicompost.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><strong>Keywords:<\/strong>\u00a0Cumin, Al-Hasakah soil, productivity, soil properties, vermicompost.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">\u00a0Full paper in English: <a href=\"http:\/\/agri-research-journal.net\/SjarEn\/wp-content\/uploads\/v12n4p40.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kasem Alfaraj(1)*, Sami Sheikhmous Othman(2), and Mohammad Naif Al-Khalaf(1) (1). Department of Soil Sciences, University of Al-Furat, Deir Ezzor, Syria. (2). Field Crops Department, Scientific Agricultural Research Center, Qamishli, Syria. (*Corresponding author: Mohammad Naif Al-Khalaf, mohmadkalaf092@gmail.com , mob.: 0983252779) Received: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/agri-research-journal.net\/SjarEn\/?p=10011\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sjar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agri-research-journal.net\/SjarEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agri-research-journal.net\/SjarEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agri-research-journal.net\/SjarEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agri-research-journal.net\/SjarEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agri-research-journal.net\/SjarEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10011"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/agri-research-journal.net\/SjarEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10017,"href":"https:\/\/agri-research-journal.net\/SjarEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10011\/revisions\/10017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agri-research-journal.net\/SjarEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agri-research-journal.net\/SjarEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agri-research-journal.net\/SjarEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}