Effects of individual and combined application of vermicompost and silica nano particles on soil infiltration

Subject Areas : Farm water management with the aim of improving irrigation management indicators

Seyedeh Saba Mousavifar ¹ , Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi ² , Nader Bahramifar ³

1 - Tarbiat Modares University
2 - Tarbiat Modares University
3 - Tarbiat Modares University

Received: 2017-06-14 Accepted : 2017-08-27 Published : 2017-10-23

Keywords: soil and water conservation, soil amendment, runoff generation, Land Degradation,

Abstract :

The water infiltration into the soil is an effective factor on runoff generation and watershed situation. Althoughmany approaches have been therefore developed to improve infiltration process, but, less attention has been paidto use nano-paticels individually and in combination with organic amendment with the aim of improvement ofwater infiltration into the soil. The present research has been hence planned to assess the effect of organicvermicompost (V) amendment in 100 g m-2 and silica nanoparticles in 3 levels of 3, 7 and 10 g m-2 individuallyand in compound on infiltration of a sensitive soil to erosion from Marzanabad-Kandelus at small plots scaleunder experimental situation. The water infiltration measured under rainfall simulation with intensity of 50 mmh-1 and 50 min duration and different treatments and the statistical analysis was accordingly conducted. Theresults showed that all treatments except silica nanoparticles level three (NS3), increased the infiltration anddecreased runoff volume compared to the control treatment. The water infiltration into soil in the cases of (V),silica nanoparticles (level one) (NS1), silica nanoparticles (level two) (NS2), vermicompost and silicananoparticles (level one ) (VNS1), vermicompost and silica nanoparticles (level two) (VNS2), vermicompost andsilica nanoparticles (level three) (VNS3) increased by 24.79, 30.63 , 10.18, 14.05, 15.09 and 23.30 %,respectively and the (NS3) decreased by 0.24 %. The differences between performance of individually andcombined application of vermicompost and silica nanoparticles confirmed the necessity of the correct usage ofamendment in soil and water management.

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