The Effect of Irrigation with Different Types of Water and Magnetized Strengths on Maize productivity

Abstract

The research was conducted at the Agricultural Scientific Research Center in Kafr Yahmul in 2024 to study the effect of irrigation with different types of water, magnetized at different magnetic strengths, on the productive traits of maize. The experiment was designed according to a split-plot design, where water quality parameters were distributed in the main plots (Well Water at 0.7 ds/m S1, Saline Water at 10 ds/m S2, Treated Wastewater at 1.3 ds/m S3), And the magnetization intensity coefficients in the secondary pieces (No Magnetization NMT, Two Magnetic Fields MT1, Four Magnetic Fields MT2, Eight Magnetic Fields MT3).

irrigation water type influenced the studied traits, with treatment S3 recording the highest average values in:

• Plant height:82 cm
• Total leaf area:5 cm²
• Kernel number per main ear:2 kernels
• Weight of 1,000 kernels:97 g
• Grain yield: 3809 ton/ha
• biomass yield:3877 ton/ha

increasing magnetization strength had a significant impact on improving all studied traits, as well as reducing water consumption. The magnetization treatments (MT3, MT2, MT1, NMT) achieved average grain yield of (9.8688, 8.8611, 7.7237, 6.9391) ton/ha, and average biomass yield of (24.1856, 21.2644, 18.4558, 16.5869) ton/ha respectively.

It was also observed that increasing the intensity of magnetization significantly improved all studied traits across the different water types. However, water requirement decreased under S1 and S3 treatments, while it increased under S2.