USING SOME HYDRO-CARBONIC POLLUTANTS FOR ENHANCING SOME SOIL PROPERTIES IN ADDITION TO THE GROWTH AND GRAIN PRODUCTION

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted to use several hydro-carbonic products with or without previously used oil for comparing the effects of the previously used oil on soil properties. These mixtures and their chemical contents have also been studied to ensure the non-poisoning effects on field crops. Six treatments were used in this experiment which are fuel oil + asphalt, fuel oil and previously used oil + asphalt, previously used oil, bitumen while another was left without treatment. These materials were added to a silty clay loam soil in three levels (0.5 , 1 , 2%). Then the soil incubated for three months in lab temperature. All treatments were planted with wheat under silky house conditions in pots by using randomized complete block design with three replicates.The results showed some enhancement in chemical and physical soil properties as a result of using hydro-carbonic products which reflected positively on plant characteristics and its production. The results also showed that there is no pollution in the total condensation of lead (Pb) Nd Zinc (Zn) in the soil and grain production, which refers to the possibility of using these hydro-carbonic materials as mixtures or separated in enhancing the soil properties and plant growth