Influence of Mineralized Water Sources on the Properties of Calcisol and Yield of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Evgeny Abakumov; Gulomjon Yuldashev; Dilmurod Darmonov; Avazbek Turdaliev; Kamoliddin Askarov; Mavlonjon Khaydarov; Ulugbek Mirzayev; Timur Nizamutdinov; Kakhramonjon Davronov

doi:10.3390/plants11233291

Influence of Mineralized Water Sources on the Properties of Calcisol and Yield of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Plants (Basel). 2022 Nov 29;11(23):3291. doi: 10.3390/plants11233291.

Authors

Evgeny Abakumov¹, Gulomjon Yuldashev², Dilmurod Darmonov², Avazbek Turdaliev², Kamoliddin Askarov², Mavlonjon Khaydarov², Ulugbek Mirzayev², Timur Nizamutdinov¹, Kakhramonjon Davronov³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Applied Ecology, Faculty of Biology, Saint Petersburg State University, 16 Line of V.O., 199178 Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
² Fergana State University, Fergana 150100, Uzbekistan.
³ Fergana Polytechnic Institute, Fergana 150107, Uzbekistan.

Abstract

The use of conservation agriculture (SWC-soil and water conservation) technologies is now becoming more and more necessary. For the soils in arid ecosystems, the problem of irrigation deficiencies has always been relevant, and clean fresh water is always insufficient to irrigate these agricultural lands. This paper provides a brief historical overview of the use of mineralized water sources in agriculture and their impacts on soils and plants (Triticum aestivum L.). The experiment involving wheat cultivation in saline soils irrigated with mineralized water was set for 3 years. The main chemical and physical-chemical properties of the agro-transformed solonchaks and mineralized water sources were investigated. According to the contents of mobile forms of N, P, and K, the soils were poorly supplied; after a series of irrigation phases, they remained the same. There were signs of the growth of mobile phosphorus in the variants where mineralized water sources were applied. Our results showed that under conditions of irrigation with water sources with mineralization rates of up to 2.8-3.5 g/L, the wheat yield increased by 1.5 c/ha compared to the control. The use of mineralized water for irrigation purposes will reduce the use of clean river water.

Keywords: Uzbekistan; agrosoils; calcisols; irrigation; melioration; soil fertility.

Grants and funding

The work for the scientists in Uzbekistan was supported by the international project “Development of Theoretical and Practical Basics of Soil and Plant Geochemistry in the Fergana Valley” in 2013–2018. This work for the Russian scientists was supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation in accordance with agreement no. 075-15-2022-322, 22 April 2022, providing a grant in the form of subsidies from the federal budget of the Russian Federation. The grant was provided for state support for the creation and development of a world-class scientific center named “Agrotechnologies for the Future”.