Effect of liming levels and Ca:Mg ratios on yield, nitrogen content and nodulation of soyabeans grown in acid Cerrado soil

The effect of four lime levels and of five ratios of Ca: Mg on nodulation, nitrogen fixation and yield of soyabean var. UFV-1 was studied under greenhouse conditions, using a Typic Haplorthox soil. Dry matter production of top growth was relatively constant for soil Ca: Mg ratios ranging from 0.26: 1 to 24: 1 and a similar production level was sustained for A1 saturation values from 0 to 43%. Nodulation (number and dry weight of nodules) increased with increasing A1 saturation from 0 to 43%. The greatest increase was observed when Al saturation was raised from 0 to 2 or 3%. The N accumulated in the shoots, decreased with the increase in the percent A1 saturation, showing that the largest number of nodules does not necessarily result in greatest accumulation of N in shoots.     

Short-term green manure and tillage management effects on maize yield and soil quality in an Andisol

Andisols are very important land resources supporting high human population density. Maize (Zea mays L.) production on Andisols located in the Purhepecha Region of central Mexico is representative of the highlands conditions of Mexico and Latin America. Farmers struggle with low crop yield and low soil nutrient availability. A 2-year field study was conducted to evaluate the effects of green manures either tilled into the soil (CT) or cut and left on the surface as a mulch (ZT), on maize yield and soil quality. Green manure treatments were: vetch (Vicia sativa L.), oat (Avena sativa L.) and none. No extra N was added to maize. Green manure and tillage had a significant effect on maize grain yield, N uptake and P uptake with CT vetch performing better than ZT oat. Soil organic C and total N were significantly higher under ZT than under CT management. Soils with vetch had higher P concentration. Soil under ZT oat had the highest infiltration rate and penetration resistance compared with other treatments. There appears to be a trade off between soil productivity and intrinsic soil physical properties among soil treatments.     

Simulation of solution chemistry in an acidic forest soil

The computer simulation model SOILEQ was used to estimate soil solution chemistry over a 7 week period from October 3 to November 14, 1988 in the soils of a sugar maple forest located near St. Hippolyte, Quebec, Canada. Model parameters for pH-dependent CEC and exchangeable cations were calculated from laboratory measurements while soil solution chemistry, including Al solubility, at the start of the simulation was taken from values obtained from lysimeter samples. Model predictions were compared with values obtained from 12 sets of soil solution collectors over the same time period. Predicted values of Ca, Mg and K in the mineral soil horizons at 25-, 75- and 125-cm depths generally fall within the 95% confidence interval of the median for the measured values. Simulated values of pH and inorganic Al are not as close to the measured values. Some error due to drift is apparent, most notably for base cations in solutions leaving the organic surface horizons, and may be attributable to decomposition of organic matter, not included in the simulation model. The results indicate that other mechanisms that release H* (nitrification, for example) and base cations (mineral weathering or mineralization of organic matter) need to be considered.     

Phosphorus source,organic matter,and arbuscular mycorrhiza effects on growth and mineral acquisition of chickpea grown in acidic soil

Abstract

Plants grown in acidic soil usually require relatively high amounts of available phosphorus (P) to optimize growth and productivity, and sources of available P are often added to meet these requirements. Phosphorus may also be made available at relatively high rates in native soil when roots are colonized with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). Addition of P to soil usually reduces root‐AMF colonization and decreases beneficial effects ofAMF to plants. In glasshouse experiments, soil treatments of P [0 P (Control), 50 mg soluble‐P kg^?1 as KH₂PO₄ (SP), and 200 mg P kg^?1 as phosphate rock (PR)], organic matter (OM) at 12.5 g kg^?1, AMF (Glomus darum), and various combinations of these (OM+SP, OM+PR, AMF+SP, AMF+PR, AMF+OM, AMF+OM+SP, and AMF+OM+PR) were added to steam treated acidic Lily soil (Typic Hapludult, pH_w=5.8) to determine treatment effects on growth and mineral acquisition by chickpea (Cicer areitinum L.). The various treatment applications increased shoot dry matter (DM) above the Control, but not root DM. Percentage AMF‐root colonization increased 2‐fold or more when mycorrhizal plants were grown with AMF, OM+SP, and OM+PR. Regardless of P source, plant acquisition of P, sulfur (S), magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), and potassium (K) was enhanced compared to the Control, and mineral enhancement was greater in PR compared to SP plants. Mycorrhizal plants also had enhanced acquisition of macronutrients. OM+SP and OM+PR enhanced acquisition of P, K, and Mg, but not Ca. Concentrations of Fe, Mn, Cu, and Al were generally lower than Controls in SP, RP, AMF+PR, AMF+SP, and OM plants, and mycorrhizal plants especially had enhanced micronutrients. Relative agronomic effectiveness values for shoot DM and shoot P, Ca, and Mg contents were considerably higher for PR, including OM+PR, AMF+PR, and AMF+OM+PR, than for SP. PR and OM applications to AMF plants are low‐cost attractive and ecologically sound alternatives to intensive use of P fertilizers for crops grown in acidic soils.     

Effects of five non-agricultural organic wastes on soil composition, and on the yield and nitrogen recovery of Italian ryegrass

Abstract. We studied the effects of five diverse non-agricultural organic wastes on soil composition, grass yield and grass nitrogen use in a 3–year field experiment. The applied wastes were distillery pot ale, dairy salt whey, abattoir blood and gut contents, composted green waste (two annual applications each), and paper-mill sludge (one annual application). With the exception of N immobilization in the paper-mill sludge treatment, the wastes had no unfavourable effects on the soil. In the 2–year treatments, grass dry matter yields from the abattoir and distillery wastes (26.3 t ha⁻¹) were larger than those from a NH₄NO₃ fertilizer treatment (24.3 t ha⁻¹) and from the dairy waste (20.4 t ha⁻¹) and composted waste (22.8 t ha⁻¹). Yield and N recovery were impaired markedly after the single application of paper-mill sludge, both in the year of application and in the following year. The results demonstrated clear differences in the ability of the applied wastes to provide crop-available N. We conclude that in order to improve prediction of both the benefits and risks from waste recycling to land, more information should be gathered on soil/waste/crop interactions.     

Soil warming and liming impacts on the recovery of 15N in an acidic soil under soybean cropping

Liming has important implications for N dynamics in acidic soils planted with legumes that are not fully understood. We used a ¹⁵N tracer (K¹⁵NO₃) to examine N dynamics in a Chromic Luvisol planted with soybean with and without lime in environmentally‐controlled chambers set at 20°C and 30°C (full factorial design). Liming increased total N and ¹⁵N recovery in soybean, but had no effect on microbial recovery. Elevated temperature, increased total plant N, decreased ¹⁵N recovery in soybean and microbes, and increased loss of N through leaching. Our results show enhanced uptake of soil mineral N by soybean with liming, thereby reducing N loss from soil, while an increase in temperature from 20°C to 30°C may enhance N loss in these systems.     

Effects of liming on yield,forage cation composition,and tetany potential of wheat in Kansas

Abstract

We studied the effects of liming on dry matter production, nutrient composition, and grain yields of wheat in field experiments conducted on two soil types at three locations during the 1976–77 and 1977–78 growing seasons. Lime sources were commercial agricultural lime, finely divided stack dust, and dolomitic limestone (which contained 10.6% Mg). Lime applied at 2,800 kg/ha in the 1976–77 and 10,750 kg/ha in the 1977–78 experiments provided Mg from the dolomite at rates of 300 and 1,140 kg/ha, respectively.

Soil pH was significantly increased by liming, but Mg saturation percentages were significantly greater only at the 1,140 kg/ha rate. Forage dry matter and grain yields were not increased by lime applied at the lower rate, but significant increases were found in dry‐matter production in the late fall and spring samplings of the 1977–78 experiment. Those increases in plant growth and dry matter production were probably due to reductions in the soluble Mn and Al concentrations in the soil. Forage N and P concentrations were generally not influenced by liming. Potassium concentrations in forage from the limed plots were usually equal to or greater than those in forage from unlimed plots. Calcitic limestone sources generally increased forage Ca concentrations, but liming with dolomite more often than not depressed Ca concentrations below levels found in the check plots. Dolomite, when applied at the 1,140 kg/ha rate, effectively increased the forage Mg concentration, although the concentration exceeded 0.2% only during the early growth stages. Liming generally showed no significant reduction in the tetany potential of the wheat forage as predicted by the equivalent ratio K/(Ca + Mg).     

Availability of Cu and Zn in an acidic sludge-amended soil as affected by zeolite application and liming

Purpose  

Acidic soils exhibit high trace element availability compared to neutral pH soils, and thus, when trace metals are added (e.g. due to sewage sludge application), measures should be taken to reduce their mobility. In this experiment, we tested two such methods, liming and zeolite addition. The aim was to measure the availability, in ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.), of heavy metals (Cu and Zn) added to soil with sewage sludge in both acidic and limed soil.     

磷肥有机替代、秸秆还田对土壤化学性质和棉花产量及其构成的影响

新疆有机肥资源丰富,探索磷肥有机替代、秸秆还田的外源肥料投入对土壤化学变化、棉花产量及其构成的影响,为深入了解当前棉田肥力和确定棉花减磷增效的技术服务着力点提供参考依据。经国家灰漠土肥力与肥料效益监测基地5年田间微区定位试验,在膜下滴灌条件下设置7个施肥处理,T1:不施肥,T2:不施磷,T3:常规施化肥磷100%,T4:有机肥磷替代25%化肥磷,T5:有机肥磷替代50%化肥磷,T6:化肥磷100%+25%有机肥磷,T7:化肥磷100%+秸秆还田。于2022年采集土壤样品,探明不同比例磷肥有机替代、秸秆还田对土壤化学性质、磷素有效性特征和棉花产量及其构成的影响。研究结果表明:(1)在外源肥料投入量(有机肥和化肥)均为等氮磷用量的条件下,磷肥有机替代、秸秆还田有利于加速土壤养分转化,增加土壤速效养分、全量养分含量。速效氮、有效磷、速效钾含量增幅分别在3.0%～25.3%、29.2%～120.1%、70.1%～99.1%之间,各速效养分含量依次与外源肥料投入后增量最高的T6、T5、T5处理相比,年均分别增长3.12、1.69、30.75 mg·kg-1。全氮、全磷、全钾含量增幅分别在21.1%～43.9%、1.59%～41.3%、9.3%～33.6%之间,各全量养分含量依次与外源肥料投入后增量最高的T6、T6、T5处理相比,年均分别增长0.04、0.05、1.36 g·kg-1。整体上有机替代、增施有机肥和秸秆还田对促进土壤养分的转化效果比单施化肥好,且长期施用有机肥的效应优于秸秆还田。(2)耕层土壤有机质含量随有机肥替代量的增加而增加,50%的有机替代其有机质含量显著最高(12.21 g·kg-1),年均增长0.4 g·kg-1,最小增量T1～T2与最大增量T1～T5相比,增加1.04～3.44 g·kg-1,增幅为11.86%～39.22%,总体表现为正效应。相对较高的土壤pH和盐含量是限制棉花高效生产的主要因素,有机肥和秸秆还田对土壤pH和含盐量整体起到降低的作用,最大降幅pH的T1与T5、盐含量T5与T3相比分别下降3.07%、24.48%,总体表现为负效应。配施有机肥和秸秆还田增强了土壤供氮能力和磷素活化能力,土壤磷活化系数从1.52%提升到2.78%。由于受新疆石灰性土壤自然特性及气候条件限制,综合C/N、C/P、N/P表明,灰漠土有机质处于缺乏状态。(3)磷肥有机替代和秸秆还田均能够维持或促进棉花增产,在密度为24万株·hm-2的试验种植模式下,连续5年常规施肥、25%的有机替代、50%的有机替代、增施有机肥、秸秆还田其籽棉产量分别达4173.13、4196.72、4805.10、5035.51、4830.98 kg·hm-2,综合土壤养分指标、肥料投入、棉花产量分析,50%的有机替代在节约磷肥用量的前提下对棉花增产效果最佳,与T1、T2、T3相比,分别显著增产20.49%、18.62%、15.14%。因此,研究认为当下应用50%的有机替代技术,即施磷(P2O5)60 kg·hm-2和配施羊粪9784 kg·hm-2,较为可行。     

Effects of liming and fertilization on soil solution chemistry in North German forest ecosystems

The effect of aboveground liming and fertilization as well as ploughing and liming of forest soils on soil solution chemistry was studied in various experimental plots of the German Solling area. Due to low solubility of limestone, aboveground liming had only moderate effects on soil pH and base saturation of CEC. Calcium and Mg concentration increased and Ca/Al and Mg/Al ratios of the soil solution improved. Despite extreme doses of lime, nitrate leaching did not increase in the case of a beech plot. Elevated nitrate leaching was found in the case of a spruce and a beech plot previously fertilized with N. Nitrate concentrations are far from drinking water thresholds in the case of beech. Nitrate levels of soil solution of the unfertilized spruce plot are in the range of 3 to 8 mg L⁻¹. Liming did increase these values slightly in the first years, and nitrate levels reached those of the untreated plot in the following years. Ploughing connected with high liming doses obviously led to inhomogeneous distribution of lime. No significant deacidification of seepage water at a depth of 100 cm occurred because of leaching of sulfate from the industrial lime used. This was followed by Al-leaching. Nitrate levels slightly exceeded drinking water standards throughout the first winter period after the measure. The development of young trees was significantly improved.     

Effects of lime,phosphorus, manganese,copper, and zinc on plant mineral composition,yield of itarley,and level of extractable nutrients for an acid Swedish mineral soil

Abstract

A pot experiment was performed during the 1992 growing season on an acid, sandy topsoil taken from a Swedish liming experiment. A central composite experimental design was used in order to study the effects of supply of phosphorus (P) and micronutrients at different liming levels on yield of barley (Hordeum vulgare L. c.v. Golf), mineral content in plant, straw, and grain, and level of soil extractable nutrients. The results showed no increase of yield due to liming despite the fact that lime increased the yield significantly in the field experiment. The soil appeared initially to have a good balance between the nutrients included in the experimental design with the exception of P. An excessive supply of manganese (Mn) decreased the yield. The contents of calcium (Ca) and aluminum (Al) in the plant were hardly affected by the treatments, while the contents of P, Mn, copper (Cu), and zinc (Zn) more than doubled compared to no supply. The contents of P, Cu, and Zn were mainly influenced by the supply of the actual element, while the content of Mn was more closely related to the supply of lime. Soil pH(H₂0) and CaCl₂‐extractable P, Mn, Cu, and Zn were highly related to the supplies of lime, P, Mn, Cu and Zn, respectively. Only a few interactions were observed.     

Silage maize quality in different uses of Italian ryegrass and soil management methods after liming

The effects of lime application with multiple soil management methods and uses on dry matter (DM) yield and crude protein (CP) content of Silage maize cropping in succession with Italian ryegrass (ryegrass) from 2009 to 2014 in a southern Brazilian Oxisol were studied. The experimental design was completely randomized block in split-plot with four replications. The main plot treatments were the four soil management methods: conventional tillage (CT), minimum tillage (MT), no-tillage (NT) and chiseled no-tillage (CNT). The sub-plots treatments were the three uses of Italian ryegrass (ryegrass): cover crop (CC), silage (S), and grazing dairy heifers as part of integrated crop-livestock system (ICL). In all the years, the maize was sown approximately 30 days after the ryegrass desiccation with herbicide. In the medium-term (5 yrs.) after liming, soil management methods did not change DM yield and CP content in silage maize. The use of ryegrass for S and ICL did not change DM yield, but notably maintained or increased CP content in silage maize after liming. The use of ryegrass only as CC provided less measurable benefits than the combined production system of silage maize with ryegrass.     

Leaf elemental concentrations and grain yield of sorghum grown on an acid soil

Abstract

Determination of the nutrient requirements of sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] grown on acid soils is, a critical step in the development of plants which are adapted to these problem soils. Sorghum genotype, environment, and soil type interact with the uptake of elements and affect plant growth and production. This study compared the yields of a sorghum grain hybrid grown on a sandy loam soil at four acid pH levels. Nutrient concentrations in sorghum leaves on these soil regimes were also investigated. Grain yields declined 96% as soil pH decreased from 5.5 to 4.4. Leaf element analysis revealed that as pH decreased from 5.5 to 4.4, there was an increase in plant Al, Fe, Mn, K, P and a decrease in Cu, Zn, Mg, Ca. Interactions among several of these elements were readily apparent. Additional data involving different sorghum genotypes and different soil types are needed to establish a consistent pattern of element uptake on acid soils in relation to yield and plant production.     

The effect of gypsum on copper nutrition of wheat grown in marginally deficient soil

This study reports an interaction between copper nutrition of wheat and application of gypsum. A pot experiment and two years of field trials on a sandy duplex soil in the southern Wimmera, Australia showed that the efficacy of copper applied to the soil is increased by the application of gypsum. Severity of attack by the fungus Gaeumannomyces graminis (take‐all) was greatly reduced in the pot experiment by the addition of either copper or gypsum to the soil. In the second year of the field experiments, copper deficiency occurred only on areas which had been ripped. These results are discussed in relation to factors controlling the availability of copper in soil.     

Effects of rice straw incorporation and N fertilizer on ryegrass yield,soil quality,and greenhouse gas emissions from paddy soil

Journal of Soils and Sediments - Ryegrass is usually rotated with rice in southern China. The influences of returning ryegrass residues on rice yield and soil dynamics have been studied...     

Phosphorus and liming effects on early growth of selected plant species grown on an ultisol

Abstract

A series of pot experiments were conducted to test the effect of phosphorus (P) application and liming on early growth performance of Zea mays, Mucuna pruriens and nine woody species (Albizia ferruginea, Cajanus cajan, Dactyladenia barteri, Dalbergia sissoo, Enterolobium cyclocarpum, Flemingia macrophylla, Gliricidia sepium, Leucaena leucocephala, and Pentacletra macrophylla) on an Ultisol. Low reponse to liming and high response to P application were observed in this trial. Early top growth of the eleven species was correlated to seed size and seed nitrogen (N), P, and calcium (Ca) contents. Highest correlation was observed with seed P content (r = 0.896^**). Large seeded size species (D. barteri, E. cyclocarpum, M. pruriens, and P. macrophylla) showed the least reponse to P application, while the remaining small seeded size species showed significant responses to P application. The large seeded species also showed relatively less increases in N, P and Ca uptakes with P application and liming. The pot test can be used in prescreening of woody species for use on low P and acid soils. The results also emphasize the need for seed size consideration in multipurpose trees and shrubs selection for establishment in low P and on degraded soils     

Influence of aggregate size on phosphorus loss and ryegrass yield in a soil cultivated intermittently

Intermittent cultivation for forage cropping and subsequent grazing by dairy cattle during winter is practiced in southern New Zealand to protect remaining pastures from poaching damage by cattle. However, this practice may degrade soil aggregate structure affecting pasture yield and nutrient loss. A study was conducted to determine the ability of different aggregate sizes to supply phosphorus (P) to ryegrass in a soil used for winter forage cropping and grazed by dairy cattle 2 out of 7 years. Over 35 weeks ryegrass was grown in pots containing one of six wet‐sieved soil aggregate size classes and leached every 2 weeks. Soil analyses included water soluble P, inorganic and organic P fractions, and P in leachate. Results showed that organic P was preferentially lost in leachate or mineralized and used by ryegrass with decreasing aggregate size, although this did not affect yield. Ryegrass yield was best correlated with bicarbonate extractable P in aggregates, and P loss with water soluble inorganic P after minimum disturbance. These findings suggest that although intermittent cultivation did not affect yield, if this practice decreases aggregate size in the future, it may increase the risk of P loss.     

两种生物质炭对酸性紫色土腐殖质组成的影响

生物质炭的性状与原料中木质纤维含量密切相关,为探明不同原料生物质炭对土壤腐殖质组成的影响,选取玉米秸秆和紫茎泽兰分别作为纤维类和木质类原材料制备生物质炭,向酸性紫色土分别添加5%玉米秸秆生物质炭（MB）和5%紫茎泽兰生物质炭（EB）,测定90 d室内培养期间土壤胡敏酸（HA）、富里酸（FA）、胡敏素（HM）含量以及HA光学性质和元素组成变化。结果表明：MB和EB的比表面积分别为2.32 m²·g^-1和0.72 m²·g^-1,总孔体积分别为42.71 mm³·g^-1和12.59 mm³·g^-1,碳与氢元素摩尔比（C/H）分别为1.91和1.46,氧、硫之和与碳元素摩尔比[（O+S）/C]分别为0.09和0.16,玉米秸秆生物质炭的吸附能力更强、有机质成分的缩合度更大且氧化度更小。与对照（不添加生物质炭,CK）相比,培养结束后,施入生物质炭的土壤HA、FA和HM含量分别显著增加（P<0.05）65.59%~102.82%、85.87%~118.54%和137.25%~161.23%,MB处理对这3种腐殖质含量的增加效应较EB处理更明显。培养结束时添加生物质炭的土壤HA/土壤有机碳（SOC）降低13.53%~27.06%,FA/SOC降低6.81%~18.03%,其中EB处理的降低效应达显著水平;HM/SOC则增加4.58%~11.40%,其中MB处理的增加效应达显著水平。添加生物质炭的土壤HA色调系数（ΔlgK）增加2.40%~5.60%,HA的缩合度（C/H）降低3.51%~11.81%,（O+S）/C增加1.51%~8.74%。总体来看,施入生物质炭均能相对增加腐殖质各组分含量,降低C/H,提高HA的氧化度[（O+S）/C],且纤维类原料（玉米秸秆）生物质炭的效果更明显。纤维类原料（玉米秸秆）生物质炭显著提高了稳定性较高的土壤胡敏素碳比例（HM/SOC）,但降低了土壤HA的稳定性[HA的C/H降低,（O+S）/C增加];木质类原料（紫茎泽兰）生物质炭显著降低土壤胡敏酸碳比例（HA/SOC）和富里酸碳比例（FA/SOC）,对HM/SOC增加效益不显著,反之提高了土壤易分解有机碳比例。     

土壤调理剂和生草互作对果园酸化土壤化学性质及产量的影响

土壤调理剂和生草技术是改善果园土壤质量、提高苹果产量和品质的有效措施.通过大田试验,设置不同类型的土壤调理剂和生草的裂区试验,主区为土壤调理剂处理:不施土壤调理剂(CK)、生石灰(QL)、化学土壤调理剂(KB)、腐植酸类土壤调理剂(SC)和生物有机肥(BOM),副区为清耕(CT)和生草(GR)处理,共设10个处理,研究...