
Agronomy, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 15(1), P. 35 - 35
Published: Dec. 27, 2024
Water scarcity and soil degradation pose challenges to sustainable agriculture. Phosphogypsum, a low-cost solid waste, shows potential as amendment, but its impact on water saving quality need further study. This research assessed the effects of phosphogypsum application rates (CK: no phosphogypsum, 0.075%, 0.15%, 0.3% 0.6%) infiltration, retention, salinity, quality, crop yield irrigation productivity (IWP) identify optimal rate. Phosphogypsum altered pore structure gradients, slowing wetting front migration, increasing infiltration duration (102 158 min), cumulative (17.37 27.44 cm) (p < 0.05) content (18.25% 24.33%) rate increased from CK 0.6%. It also enhanced retention by enhancing aggregation reducing evaporation.By promoting formation stabilization aggregates, (CK reduced bulk density 1.20 g/cm3 1.12 0.05), while porosity, available nitrogen urease activity 3.70%, 39.42% 82.61%, respectively 0.05). These enhancements provided strong foundation for improved performance. Specifically, through three pathways: (1) improving physical properties, which influenced nutrients then enzyme activities; (2) directly affecting nutrients, impacted activities yield; (3) boosting activities, leading yield. The comprehensive benefits initially decreased, with an 0.45% determined TOPSIS, method that ranks alternatives based their proximity ideal solution, considering factors including IWP. findings confirm feasibility effective resource enhance efficiency agricultural practices.
Language: Английский