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024	8		_ahttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-80656-9
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041			_aeng
100	1		_aGomaa, M.A. _918627
245	1	0	_aIncrease maize productivity and water use efficiency through application of potassium silicate under water stress
260			_aLondon (United Kingdom) : _bNature Publishing Group, _c2021.
500			_aPeer review
500			_aOpen Access
520			_aIn Egypt, water shortage has become a key limiting factor for agriculture. Water-deficit stress causes different morphological, physiological, and biochemical impacts on plants. Two field experiments were carried out at Etay El-Baroud Station, El-Beheira Governorate, Agriculture Research Center (ARC), Egypt, to evaluate the effect of potassium silicate (K-silicate) of maize productivity and water use efficiency (WUE). A split-plot system in the four replications was used under three irrigation intervals during the 2017 and 2018 seasons. Whereas 10, 15, and 20 days irrigation intervals were allocated in main plots, while the three foliar application treatments of K-silicate (one spray at 40 days after sowing; two sprays at 40 and 60 days; and three sprays at 40, 60, and 80 days, and a control (water spray) were distributed in the subplots. All the treatments were distributed in 4 replicates. The results indicated that irrigation every 15 days gave the highest yield in both components and quality. The highly significant of (WUE) under irrigation every 20 days. Foliar spraying of K-silicate three times resulted in the highest yield. Even under water-deficit stress, irrigation every fifteen days combined with foliar application of K-silicate three times achieved the highest values of grain yield and its components. These results show that K-silicate treatment can increase WUE and produce high grain yield requiring less irrigation.
546			_aText in English
650		7	_aAgricultural productivity _2AGROVOC _97443
650		7	_aWater use efficiency _2AGROVOC _91307
650		7	_aSilicates _2AGROVOC _918628
650		7	_aMaize _gAGROVOC _2 _91173
650		7	_aDrought stress _2AGROVOC _91081
700	1		_aKandil, E.E. _918629
700	1		_aEl-Dein, A.A.M.Z. _918630
700	1		_aAbou-Donia, M.E.M. _918631
700	1		_aAli, H.M. _915420
700	1		_aAbdelsalam, N.R. _918632
773	0		_gv. 11, art. 224 _dLondon (United Kingdom) : Nature Publishing Group, 2021. _x2045-2322 _tNature Scientific Reports _wa58025
856	4		_yClick here to access online _uhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-80656-9
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