EFFECT OF SOME SOIL PHYSICAL AND HYDROGICAL PROPERTIES ON WATER CONSUMPTION USE OF MAIZE PLANT

Abstract

Since the world is experiencing a series of climate changes that either directly or indirectly impact the amount of usable water, there is now a global need to save water. Thus, the purpose of this study was to ascertain how certain physical and water characteristics of two types of soil (loam and sand) affected the amount of water that maize plants used and the ensuing variations in crop quality and yield. Lysimeters set up in the greenhouse of the Department of Soils and Water, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, was used for the experiment. Water stress gradients were created based on the field moisture capacity of maize plants in order to examine the effects of different levels of drought on the growth of maize plants. The gradients listed below were applied 3 Coefficients of moisture drain, the following are included: W1, 40% ± 5% of field moisture capacity, normal water supply; W2, 60% ± 5% of field moisture capacity, moderate drought; and W3, 80% ± 5% of field moisture capacity, severe drought. Plant metrics including plant height and corn cob were found to significantly decrease when the 80% moisture drain treatments was used, however the results indicated no significant differences when the 60-80% moisture drain treatment was used.