Effect of Foliar Application of Micronutrients and Amino Acids on Productivity of Durum Wheat under Upper Egypt Conditions

Habouh, Mohamed A. F.; Ibrahim, Mahmoud M.; Morsi, Ahmed S. M.; Abdel-Latif, Ibrahim S. M.

doi:10.21608/ajabs.2025.417155.1024

Effect of Foliar Application of Micronutrients and Amino Acids on Productivity of Durum Wheat under Upper Egypt Conditions

Document Type : Research article

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¹ Agronomy Department, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources , Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt.

² Wheat Research Department, Field Crops Research Instiitute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt

10.21608/ajabs.2025.417155.1024

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The field experiment was conducted in newly reclaimed soil in Upper Egypt, at Al- Mataana, Esna District, Luxor Governorate, during the 2022–2023 and 2023–2024 seasons. The objective was to investigate the effect of foliar spraying with micronutrients (iron, zinc, manganese), amino acids, and their combinations on the productivity of two durum wheat cultivars under Upper Egypt conditions. The experiment was arranged in a strip-split plot. Design with three replicates. Results revealed a clear superiority of the foliar mixture treatment compared with other treatments, as it significantly increased the number of spikes per m², number of grains per spike, grain yield, straw yield, and biological yield, except for the 1000-grain weight, which was a non-significant effect. Meanwhile, the amino acids treatment was superior in improving the harvest index alone. The cultivar Beni Sweif 7 cultivar showed consistent superiority in all studied traits. Therefore, it is recommended to cultivate the durum wheat cultivar Beni Sweif 7 in Upper Egypt with the application of a mixture of micronutrients and amino acids to achieve the highest yield productivity.

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