Relationship of soil potassium forms with maize potassium contents in soils derived from different parent materials

Autor: Ghashiya Sattar Kayani, Zahoor Ahmad, Muhammad Tariq Siddique, Mohammad Saleem Akhtar, Muhammad Imran, Shah Rukh, Abdul Qayyum, Ayaz Mehmood, Rashid Mehmood Butt, Kashif Sarfraz Abbasi
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Italian Journal of Agronomy, Vol 12, Iss 2 (2017)
ISSN: 2039-6805
1125-4718
Popis: Understanding of soil potassium (K) dynamics is essential for sustainable crop production. Bioavailability of K depends on forms and distribution within the soil profile. The objectives of this research were to determine which soil K forms control the maize (Zea mays) K contents and compare the extracting capability of sodium tetraphenylborate (NaTPB) with ammonium acetate (NH4OAc) method. Nine soils representing three different parent materials, i.e. loess, sandstone and shale were sampled at three surface genetic horizons. Within each parent material, three soils at varying level of development were selected. Besides basic soil parameters, K was fractioned into water soluble K, exchangeable K, non-exchangeable K, and NaTPB-extracted K. The maize was sown in pots having 2 kg soil from each genetic horizon. Crop was harvested at seven weeks and plant was analysed for K contents. Results show that NaTPB-extracted K gave best correlation as compared to NH4OAc method. This conveys that a non-exchangeable K portion that becomes available to plants can be better estimated by NaTPB method than NH4OAc extraction.
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