EFFECT OF APPLIED LIME AND BORON ON THE AVAILABILITY OF NUTRIENTS IN AN ACID SOIL

Productivity of resources on acid soils occupying one fourth of the total area in India is abysmally low. Lime is applied to such soils with the primary objective of increasing the productivity of crops by enhancing the availability of native and applied plant nutrients. Greenhouse pot experiments and laboratory experiments were conducted to evaluate the effects of lime and boron (B) on the availability of nutrients in soils and their uptake by plants. The application of lime enhanced the available nitrogen (N,), phosphorus (P), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), sulfur (S), and zinc (Zn) content in soils, which was reflected in their uptake by sunflower (Helianthus annus). On the contrary, availability of copper (Cu), iron (Fe), and manganese (Mn) in soil was reduced due to liming. Sunflower responded very well in terms of dry matter yield to B application to the extent of 175% and 188% under 1 and 2 mg kg^?1 applied levels of B, respectively. Dry matter yield of sunflower was reduced to the tune of 29.2 and 42.7% under 2/3 and 1 lime requirement (LR), respectively, over control. Lime application at 1/3 LR with 2 mg kg^?1 of applied B emerged as an optimum combination in acid soils.     

旱地和水田有机碳分解速率的探讨与质疑

＾１４Ｃ标记的羊粪,杂交狼尾草及其根部分施于淋溶土中,在３０℃培养３６５天,土壤保持旱地和淹水两种状态,进行有机碳在土壤中分解的对比试验,另一组试验采用＾１４Ｃ标记的水稻秸和玉米秸和玉米分别施于老土和变性土中,在上述相同的水分条件下３０℃培养１１２天进行对比。所有加入的不同有机物料。不论是在何种土壤,其在淹水土壤中的有机碳分２解速率均快于旱地土壤,而前者的残留率却明显低于后者。淹水处理各种不同分解