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Abstract
This study was designed to evaluate glauconite deposits as natural amendment for the new reclaimed sandy soil and as natural sources for potassium and iron.
The soil was collected from the newly reclaimed desert land at the Western District of the Nile valley, West of Samalout, El-Minia Governorate. Also, two glauconite types were collected from El-Bahria Oasis in the Western Desert.
The obtained results could be summarized as:
1-Salinity of the fine glauconite was more compared with the coarse glauconite , however, pH is of lower value.
2-Fine glauconite also, contained less organic carbon, P, Fe and Mn but more K and Zn than the coarse type.
3-It is possible to use glauconite for improving soil properties, water use efficiency and crop production in the newly reclaimed sandy soils in El-Minia Governorate.
4-Fine glauconite can be used at a rate of 6 ton/feddan as a natural source of potassium and coarse glauconite at a rate of 8 ton/feddan as a natural source of iron.