The potassium status of some pacific island soils

Autor: Robert John Morrison, Philomena Gangaiya
Rok vydání: 1998
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Zdroj: Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis. 29:179-192
ISSN: 1532-2416
0010-3624
DOI: 10.1080/00103629809369937
Popis: The potassium (K) status of 22 soil samples from 12 pedons originating in 6 Pacific Island countries has been investigated by several techniques. The total K contents of the soils studied were found to be low to very low. Use of various methods available for measuring exchangeable cations in soils showed exchangeable K to be dependent on factors such as ionic strength and displacement cation of the extracting solution. The proportions of non‐exchangeable K that are plant available were found to be very low for most soils. Data obtained from quantity/intensity measurements suggest that the soils would be responsive to added K.
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