Knowing the concentrations of the nutrient elements in soils is important due to their toxic effect on humans and the environment. The aims of this study were to assess the effects of water quality, depths and distances of lateral installation on soil chemical properties during turfgrass cultivation. A field experiment was conducted using a Split Split Plot design based on the Randomized complete Block (RCB) with two treatments (well’s and wastewater), and eight sub-treatments (45 and 60 cm distance of the laterals and 15, 20, 25, and 30 cm depths of laterals) in three replicates on a sandy-loam soil, in Shahrekord, Iran. Soil samples were collected from 0-30 and 30-60 cm depth for measuring nitrate (NO3-), electrical conductivity (EC), and pH at the end of the experiment. During the experiment, fecal coliform (FC) were also measured at the soil surface. Results indicated that by increasing lateral distance, NO3- level increased in both layers. With installing laterals in deeper levels, NO3- concentration decreased at the beginning, then increased in the first layer, whereas in the second layer NO3- concentration decreased. In addition, installing laterals in deeper depth, caused an increase in soil EC in the top layer, but a decrease in the lower layer. However, the results showed that there was no significant effect of experimental factors on soil pH. The results also show that with increasing laterals depth, Fc level decreased at the soil surface.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/626133 |
| Date | 04 January 2017 |
| Creators | Tabatabaei, Sayyed-Hassan, Mousavi, Seyyed Mohammad, Mirlatifi, Seyed Majid, Sharifnia, Rezvan Sadat, Pessarakli, Mohammad |
| Contributors | Univ Arizona, Sch Plant Sci, Department of Water Engineering, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran, Department of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran, Department of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran, Water Resources Research Center, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran, School of Plant Sciences, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Article |
| Rights | © 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC |
| Relation | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01904167.2016.1264422 |
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