The National Information and Documentation Centre (NIDOC) affiliated to Academy of Scientific Research and Technology(ASRT)Egyptian Journal of Soil Science0302-670162220220627Assessment of Agricultural Sustainability of Bahariya Oasis using Geo-informatics techniques8510024626810.21608/ejss.2022.143674.1507ENMohamedShokrTanta universityMohamed El-sayedJalhoumSoil department of national authority of remote sensing and space science (NARSS)AbdelazizBelalNational Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences (NARSS)MostafaAbdouNational Authority for Remote Sensing and Space SciencesHend HusseinAbdelhameedSoil and Water Department, Faculty of Environmental Agricultural Science, Arish University, 4556, EgyptJournal Article20220608Globally, Food security is consider one of the most issues for humanity due to rapid population growth thus sustainable natural resources assessment is required. Well assessment and management of soil can aid in achieving food security. Agriculture sector in Egypt is facing some obstacles related to sustainability. These include scarce land and water resources, degradation of environment and high rate of population growth. This study focuses on evaluating of agricultural sustainability development in Bahariya oasis, western desert of Egypt. Maps of physiographic and soils were produced using analysis of multispectral Sentinal-2 image with spatial resolution 10 m dropped over digital elevation model (DEM), A shuttle radar topography mission (SRTM) 1-arc-second v.30 DEM. Fifty soil profiles were dug to represent geomorphological units within study area. Soil productivity, environmental security, environmental protection, economic viability, and social acceptability of proposed management options were calculated within the study's landscapes using the Framework for Evaluating Sustainable Land Management (FESLM). The results revealed that the investigated area classified into lands that are marginally below the requirement of sustainability with an area of 534.34 km2 and the rest of study area are not meet sustainability requirements. The sustainability challenges in the investigated area are associated with productivity, economic viability and social acceptability. This research suggest some practices to achieve sustainable development in the study area for instance practicing farmers on modern ways of well management and soil conservation, increase level of health and school care, facilitation of loans for farmers and increasing markets number. outputs from this study can provide decision makers with valuable data that help them to ensure achieving of sustainable management within study area.https://ejss.journals.ekb.eg/article_246268_b6e3ab418883b9cd3053dede3ee08b14.pdfThe National Information and Documentation Centre (NIDOC) affiliated to Academy of Scientific Research and Technology(ASRT)Egyptian Journal of Soil Science0302-670162220220601Soil and Humans: A Comparative and A Pictorial Mini-Review10112224864910.21608/ejss.2022.144794.1508ENHassanElramadyKafrelshiekh UniversityEric C.BrevikDean, College of Agricultural, Life, and Physical Sciences Agriculture Building, Room 200 Southern Illinois University 1205 Lincoln Drive Carbondale, IL 62901 USATamerElsakhawyAgriculture Microbiology Department, Soil, Water and Environment Research Institute (SWERI), Sakha Agricultural Research Station, Agriculture Research Center, 33717 Kafr El-Sheikh, EgyptAlaa El-DeinOmaraSoil, Water and Environment Research Institute, Sakha, ARC.0000-0001-5622-7501Megahed MohamedAmerSoils Improvement and Conservation Res. Department, Soils, Water and Environment Res. Institute,Agric. Res. Center, Giza, Egypt.0000-0002-6665-4838MohamedAbowalyKafrelsheikh Uni.0000-0001-7825-9790AhmedEl-HenawySoil and Water Dept., Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University, 33516 Kafr El-Sheikh, EgyptJoeProkischInstitute of Animal Science, Biotechnology and Nature Conservation, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, University of Debrecen, 138 B&ouml;sz&ouml;rm&eacute;nyi Street, 4032 Debrecen, HungaryJournal Article20220614Soil is an essential component in the ecological system that supports human life with needed food for humans, feeds for animals, fibers, fuels, building materials, and other necessities. However, soil suffers from a number of problems caused by humans, presented here in pictorial form. This review will take us on a narrative journey through soils with a focus on the soil-human relationship and its impact on soil ecosystems. Soil has direct and indirect relationships to humans, starting with the crucial roles of soil in human life, including its support of human civilization through ecosystem services, sustainable agriculture, and human health. It is essential and urgent to manage soils for health and sustainability by building the soil-food-environment-health nexus. This work is an attempt to highlight major roles that soil plays in human life in a presentation that is more photos and less words, because one photo is worth one thousand words.https://ejss.journals.ekb.eg/article_248649_eee8a2514adc8747d6014d16704660c6.pdfThe National Information and Documentation Centre (NIDOC) affiliated to Academy of Scientific Research and Technology(ASRT)Egyptian Journal of Soil Science0302-670162220220718Evaluating Nanotechnology in raising the efficiency of some substances used in fertilizing wheat grown on sandy soil.12313524960110.21608/ejss.2022.147839.1512ENDINA AGHAZISoil dept. Fac. of Agric Mansoura University , Mansoura . EgyptA. Y.AbbasSoil dept. Fac. of Agric Mansoura University , Mansoura . EgyptAmr M.AbdelghanySpectroscopy Depertment, Physics Research Institute, National Research Centre,, 33 ElBehouth St, Dokki, 12311, Giza, Egypt.Mohamed AtefElsherpinySoil, Water and environment Research Institute, Agric. Res. Center, Egypt9624-6427-0002-0000AymanElGhamryCollege of Agric. Mansoura Unive.Journal Article20220628Nanotechnology has the potential to increase the efficiency and quality of agricultural production. So, This research work was carried out to assess the effect of some soil conditioners as the main factor at different rates as sub-main factor as well as foliar application of proline [without foliar (control), proline (80 mg L-1) ] as sub-sub main factor on the performance of wheat plants grown on sandy soil. <br /><br />The main results of the current study can be summarized as follows;<br /><br />1. Wheat plants treated with compost possessed the highest values of all growth criteria, photosynthetic pigments (at a period of 70 days from sowing), yield, its component, and grains quality (at harvest stage) under sandy soil conditions followed by that treated with agricultural gypsum than the plants treated with sugar lime mud, while the wheat plants untreated with any soil conditioner (control treatment) possessed the lowest values of all aforementioned traits. <br /><br />2. Nano form was superior compared to the normal form with all studied soil amendments. Also, all aforementioned traits increased as the rate of Nano form increased with all studied soil amendments. <br /><br />3. Regarding the foliar application, the proline treatment was superior compared to the control treatment (without foliar application).<br /><br />4. The control treatment (without soil and foliar applications) led to raising the enzymatic antioxidants content in the straw of wheat plant at a period of 70 days from sowing, where the cultivation without any both soil conditioners and proline caused an increase in wheat self-production from these antioxidants to scavenge the ROS (or as named free radicals) resulting due to the poverty of sandy soil, thus increase of tolerance. <br /><br />5. All studied soil conditioners either in normal form or Nano form as well as proline have a beneficial effect on reducing wheat plants' requirements from antioxidants self-production compared control treatmentshttps://ejss.journals.ekb.eg/article_249601_f80043ef2ba6f5e24f4dec6802eb8dae.pdfThe National Information and Documentation Centre (NIDOC) affiliated to Academy of Scientific Research and Technology(ASRT)Egyptian Journal of Soil Science0302-670162220220718The Co-Addition of Soil Organic Amendments and Natural Bio-Stimulants Improves the Production and Defenses of the Wheat Plant Grown under the Dual stress of Salinity and Alkalinity13715324960210.21608/ejss.2022.148406.1513ENElsayed AAwwadSoils Dept. Fac. Agric., Zagazig University, Mansoura, 44519, EgyptIbrahim RMohamedSoils Dept. Fac. Agric., Zagazig University, Mansoura, 44519, EgyptAdel M.Abd El-Hameedb,Soil & Water and Environment Research Institute, Agriculture Research Centre, Giza, 12619 ,EgyptEman AZaghloulSoil & Water and Environment Research Institute, Agriculture Research Centre, Giza, 12619 ,EgyptJournal Article20220701Soil salinity is one of the biggest widespread abiotic stresses severely restricting crop production. Under stress, several extracts have been used as effective natural bio-stimulants. However, the combined influences of soil organic amendments and natural bio-stimulants on the production and defenses of plants grown under the dual stress of salinity and alkalinity are still only rudimentarily known. Here, a field experiment was executed during the winter season of 2020/2021 to evaluate the impact of soil addition of three soil organic amendments (vermicompost, compost and chicken manure) as main plots and foliar application of four bio-stimulants (moringa leave extract, licorice root extract, ginger extract, and humate potassium) as sub main plots on wheat plants grown under saline-alkali stress (electric conductivity = 13.2 dS m-1 and exchangeable sodium percentage = 15.1%) . The combined influences of organic amendments and stimulants materials were studied. The findings illustrated that the highest plant's self-production of proline and enzymatic antioxidants i.e. catalase enzyme, peroxidase and superoxide dismutase were realized when wheat plants were treated with vermicompost and sprayed with moringa extract, while the lowest values of proline and enzymatic antioxidants were recorded with untreated plants (without soil and foliar application). The same trend was found for yield and its components, where the highest value of yield was realized with wheat plants treated with vermicompost and moringa extract simultaneously.https://ejss.journals.ekb.eg/article_249602_86569535bcf21d18a704352329b39964.pdfThe National Information and Documentation Centre (NIDOC) affiliated to Academy of Scientific Research and Technology(ASRT)Egyptian Journal of Soil Science0302-670162220220720Sustainable Applications of Mushrooms in Soil Science: A Call for Pictorial and Drawn Articles15516724991210.21608/ejss.2022.148638.1514ENZakaria FouadAbdallaAbd El- Hameed El Hawary Street, No 7- 4th floor0000-0002-4848-9218HassanEl-Ramadysoil and water dept. faculty of agriculture0000-0002-1113-726XDaliaAbd El-FattahBiological Agricultural Department, Central Laboratory for Agricultural Climate, Agricultural Research Centre, 12411, Giza, Egypt.JoeProkischInstitute of Animal Science, Biotechnology and Nature Conservation, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, University of Debrecen, 138 B&ouml;sz&ouml;rm&eacute;nyi Street, 4032 Debrecen, HungaryJournal Article20220702The world of mushrooms is very excited and full of with surprises for the reader. Mushrooms are very important macro-organisms for our agroecosystem, because they are edible and medicinal for human health, from one side, and toxic causing the death of humans, from the other side. Several nutritional, medicinal and pharmaceutical applications of mushrooms are well known besides soil improvement. Mushrooms can improve soil through several approaches such as increasing soil organic matter, controlling soil erosion, improving soil aggregates, enhancing soil nutrition, promoting C, and NPK cycling, and the bioremediation of polluted soils. Like other fungi, mushrooms have strong impacts on soil including both positive and negative. Spent mushroom substrate could be applied to soil as an organic fertilizer or compost, which could increase soil microbial activity and the content of amino acid metabolites in studied orchard. Mushroom also could be used as a bioindicator for soil pollution (e.g., toxic elements, heavy metals, organic pollutants, and radioactives/isotopes). Therefore, the main roles of mushrooms in the soil include soil myco-nanoremediation, soil myco-nanomanagement, and soil myco-improvement. This is a call for submission photographic articles on the roles of mushrooms in soils to publish by Egyptian Journal of Soil Science.https://ejss.journals.ekb.eg/article_249912_3023cd39ea639652a966f583f6d500e0.pdfThe National Information and Documentation Centre (NIDOC) affiliated to Academy of Scientific Research and Technology(ASRT)Egyptian Journal of Soil Science0302-670162220220724Response of saline irrigated quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Wild) grown on coarse texture soils to organic manure16917825087810.21608/ejss.2022.146571.1511ENMagda RAbdrabouSoil, Water and Environment Research institute Agriculture Research Center Giza, EgyptHalaGomahSoil and Water Department, Faculty of Agriculture University, Assiut, EgyptAbd-eladlDarweeshSoil, Water and Environment Research institute Agriculture Research Center Giza, EgyptMamdouh A.EissaDepartment of Soils and Water, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut 71526, Egypt0000-0002-5308-5664Salman Abdallah HassanSelmySoils and water, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut UniversityJournal Article20220627As a result of the increased demand for food, the need to use lower quality water such as saline and waste water in agricultural production increased. The use of saline irrigation water is necessary to provide food for the expected population increases. Salt stress decreases plant growth and yield but negative effects of salt can be reduced by choosing tolerant plants and good agricultural management. Quinoa plants are among the food security plants and are in line with the sustainable development, and are distinguished by their content of unique amino acids and high protein content in their seeds. This study has been conducted to investigate the response of quinoa plant (Chenopodium quinoa Wild) irrigated with saline water to organic amendments. The study was conducted in pots and growth chamber to investigate the response of quinoa to water salinity at the germination and vegetative growth stages. The liner relationship was used to assess the threshold value of water salinity in germination and vegetative growth stages. The study evaluated the effects of eleven salinity levels of irrigation water (0.4, 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 26, 30, and 34 dsm−1) and organic matter application (farmyard manure) at rats of 20 t ha−1. Quinoa seeds were able to resist the high levels of water salinity in the germination stage, however, the seed germination percentage shows that the increase in irrigation water salinity decreases the final germination percentage. The germination of seeds stopped completely at a salinity level of 26 dsm−1, while at a salinity level of 24 dsm−1 only 50% of the seeds were germinated. Quinoa yield and its components were significantly affected by increasing the salinity level, on the other hand, the addition of organic manure mitigated the salt stress. Quinoa plants lost 50% of the relative yield at water salinity of 18 dsm−1 when no organic amendment was added, while the addition of organic manure increased the threshold value of water salinity up to 34 dsm−1. Adding organic fertilizers to coarse soils increases the ability of quinoa plants to resist saline irrigation water and allows using lower quality water to irrigate these valuable plants. There are many coarse texture soils in arid and semi-arid areas, and improving the level of soil organic matter increases the use of brackish water to irrigate quinoa plants.https://ejss.journals.ekb.eg/article_250878_42fc52604e37303c2d684f62c0305502.pdf