Impact of farm manure application on maize growth and tissue Pb concentration grown on different textured saline-sodic Pb-toxic soils

Mazhar Iqbal1*,, Muhammad and Naz2, Tayyaba and -u-Rehman3, Hafeez and Nawaz4, Sehar and Qayyum5Mazhar Iqbal Zafar6, Abdul and Iqbal Zafar6, Mazhar and Farooq7, Omer and -urRehman7,, Atiqure and Imtiaz8, Muhammad and Murtaza2, Ghulam and Mahmood9, Abid and Munawar Mehdi10, Shahzada and Javed11, Shahid and Aleem Sarwar12,, Muhammad (2020) Impact of farm manure application on maize growth and tissue Pb concentration grown on different textured saline-sodic Pb-toxic soils. Asian Journal of Agriculture and Biology, 8 (1).

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Abstract

The impact of applied farm manure (FM) on growth of maize and tissue Pb concentration in maize grown on saline-sodic sandy loam and sandy clayey loam textured Pb-toxic soils was evaluated in present pot study. The soils were spiked with Pb at 200 kg ha-1 soil and equilibrated for 60 days at about field capacity. Treatments were comprised of three levels of FM (0, 20 or 40 g kg-1 soil) arranged in completely randomized design each replicated thrice. The highest dry matter of maize shoots from sandy loam soil was recorded with the applied 40 g kg-1 FM. From sandy loam soil, maximum dry matter of shoots was noted with FM at 20 and 40 g kg-1. Applied FM at 20 and 40 g kg-1 produced statically similar dry matter of maize roots in sandy clayey loam soil. While in sandy loam soil, 20 g kg-1 FM application resulted in significantly (p ≤ 0.05) higher dry matter of maize roots than control treatment and 40 g kg-1 FM application. The applied FM at 20 and 40 g kg-1 consequence in statically similar shoot and root Pb concentration grown on both textured Pb-toxic soils but lower compared to that of the control soils. For post-experiment soils, minimum plant available Pb in sandy loam soil with FM at 40 g kg-1 was recorded while in sandy clayey loam, minimum plant available Pb was observed with the addition of FM at 20 and 40 g kg-1.

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Date Deposited: 06 Apr 2023 04:58
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