Nutrient management: as a panacea to improve the caryopsis quality and yield potential of durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L.) under the changing climatic conditions

AA Melash, AA Bogale, B Bytyqi, MS Nyandi… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The increasing human population and the changing climate, which have given rise to
frequent drought spells, pose a serious threat to global food security, while identification of …

Soil fertility indicators and soil stoichiometry in semi-arid steppe rangelands

S Boudjabi, H Chenchouni - Catena, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil fertility depends on vegetation cover, climatic conditions and soil-specific edaphic
factors that regulate transformation processes of plant residues and organic matter. Soil …

Physicochemical and bacteriological quality of surface water resources receiving common wastewater effluents in drylands of Algeria

F Guemmaz, S Neffar, H Chenchouni - Water Resources in Algeria-Part II …, 2020 - Springer
The assessment of water quality and pollution of surface water resources is crucial to
maintain the integrity of aquatic environments. This study aims at characterizing water …

On the sustainability of land applications of sewage sludge: how to apply the sewage biosolid in order to improve soil fertility and increase crop yield?

S Boudjabi, H Chenchouni - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
The fertilization using sewage sludge (SS) and/or SS-derived products have been
extensively studied and known to increase crop yield as soil nutrients and plant growth are …

Yield, growth development and grain characteristics of seven Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) genotypes grown in open-field production systems under hot-arid …

M Oustani, S Mehda, MT Halilat, H Chenchouni - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Quinoa is an important Andean crop that can play a strategic role in the development of
degraded lands in hot arid regions due to its high nutritional value, genetic diversity and its …

Comparative effectiveness of exogenous organic amendments on soil fertility, growth, photosynthesis and heavy metal accumulation in cereal crops

S Boudjabi, H Chenchouni - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
With soil fertility loss reached a critical state in arid and semi-arid regions, farmers are
constrained to use mineral fertilizers, which are costly, non-eco-friendly and less effective in …

Biochar amendments changed soil properties and improved cereal crop growth under salt stress

N Ababsa, S Boudjabi, H Chenchouni - Journal of Soil Science and Plant …, 2023 - Springer
Salt stress is a serious problem in agriculture especially in arid and semi-arid regions. This
study aimed to determine the responses of soil properties and wheat plants to salt stress …

Edaphic factors controlling the distribution of inland halophytes in an ephemeral salt lake “Sabkha ecosystem” at North African semi-arid lands

H Chenchouni - Science of the total environment, 2017 - Elsevier
This study aims to characterize soil properties and to investigate how these parameters,
including soil salinity, are related to zonation and distributional patterns of halophytic plants …

Effect of inoculation with native and commercial arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on growth and mycorrhizal colonization of olive (Olea europaea L.)

H Chenchouni, MN Mekahlia, A Beddiar - Scientia Horticulturae, 2020 - Elsevier
In order to improve the production of olive (Olea europaea L.), plantlets of Variety Ferkani
were inoculated with three arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal (AMF) spores (Glomus sp. 1 …

Impact of manures and fertilizers on yield and soil properties in a rice-wheat cropping system

SS Dhaliwal, V Sharma, V Verma, M Kaur, P Singh… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The use of chemical fertilizers under a rice-wheat cropping system (RWCS) has led to the
emergence of micronutrient deficiency and decreased crop productivity. Thus, the …