A master's thesis at the College of Agriculture at the University of Basrah discussed the response of the bean crop and silicon spraying under salinity-affected soil conditions.
Researcher Raad Yousef Taher's thesis included adding three levels of potassium 0, 80 and 160 kg KH-1 and spraying four levels of silicon 0, 3, 6 and 9 mmol L-1.
The thesis aims to study the effect of three levels of potassium and four levels of silicon, mmol liter-1, and the interaction between them on the growth and yield of beans in salinity-affected soil.
The results of the study showed the superiority of potassium addition treatment 80 kg KH-1 in most of the studied traits, as it recorded the highest mean of seed yield and protein yield, while the concentration 160 KH-1 recorded the highest mean of the harvest index.
The thesis recommended adding potassium to the bean plants grown in the soils of southern Iraq with a high level of salt, in an amount of 80 kg KH-1. It is also possible to spray silicon to the bean plants grown in saline soil at a concentration of 9 mmol L-1.
