Status of some macronutrients in some soils of fayoum governorate

Document Type : Research articles.

Authors

Dep.of soils and water, Fac. of Agric, Fayoum Univ., Egypt.

Abstract

The main objective of conducting this study is to assess the state, concentrations or
levels of some plant macronutrients (N, P, K) in the soils of Ibshway District - Fayoum
Governorate - Egypt.
It was found that the general mean of nitrogen concentration was 0.08 mg N/kg soil,
and the concentration of total and extractable K was 2720.36 and 281.37 mg K/kg soil,
respectively, while the overall mean concentrations of total and extractable P were 995.09 and
15.41 mg P/kg soil, respectively.

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