Soil amendments mitigate the adverse impacts of salt stress on quinoa under greenhouse conditions
Soil amendments substantially improved quinoa's physiological resilience and productivity under severe salinity, with phosphogypsum effectiveness for grain weight, cattle manure and biochar for water relations, and insect frass for nitrogen metabolism. These findings highlight the value of integrating these amendments to sustain quinoa cultivation in saline soils and warrant further field validation to optimize amendment combinations for broader agro-ecological contexts. © 2025 Society of Chemical Industry.
Authors
- Cherki Ghoulam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3138-249X)
- Mohammad Redouane Bourhim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9546-1960)
- Abdelaziz Hirich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6660-6705)
- Mohamed Farissi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2853-9115)
- Ahmed Qaddoury (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2008-9228)
Institutions
- Cadi Ayyad University (MA)
- Université Sultan Moulay Slimane (MA)
- Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique (MA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
- Published
- 2025-12-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.70364
- Primary Topic
- Seed and Plant Biochemistry
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00