Applications of Magnetic-Water Technology, A Novel Tool for Improving Chick-Pea Crop and Water Productivity

Abstract

Optimization of crop productivity from land and water unit is considered the main target for agriculture scientist. Our previous results under screen house and/or field conditions on other crops reported clear increasing in yield of tested crops. So let us to continuously test this technique on chick-pea. Two field trials using chick-pea (Var. Giza-3) were conducted at Research and Production Station, National Research Centre, Alemam Malek village, Al Nubaria district, Al Beheira Governorate, Egypt in 2009/10 and 2010/11 winter seasons to study and evaluate the effects of magnetizing irrigation water on water and chick-pea productivity. Results indicated that, irrigation chick-pea plants with water passed through static magnetic device (2″, produced by Magnetic-Technologies LCC, Russia, branch UAE) caused clear positive significant effect on the most of tested parameters. The percentage of increment ranged from 3.29 to 33.54% in growth parameters, photosynthesize property of plants (3.91–10.85%), yield components (9.36–36.65%), yield per fed (26.83–28.36%). As well as magnetic treatment increased nutrition value in chick-pea yielded seeds (0.75–56.25%) and amino acids (0.59–33.33%). It could be concluded that magnetic water treatment could be used to improve Chick-pea and water productivity under newly reclaimed sandy soil conditions.