Nutrient availability in FH horizon samples amended with fertilizer and lime
- 1 July 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis
- Vol. 21 (11-12) , 933-939
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00103629009368278
Abstract
A laboratory experiment designed to test the effect of additions of base cations and liming treatments on nutrient availability was carried out using the FH (Oe/Oa) horizon of an Orthic Ferro‐Humic Podzol (Humic Haplorthod) from a sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh) stand. Treatment with K2SO4 caused a decrease in pH of the leachates from samples incubated for five weeks while liming caused an increase in pH. Application of the base cation‐lime materials caused an increase in Ca, Mg, and K, as would be expected, however these materials also increased NH4 and NO3 concentrations suggesting that microbial activity and N dynamics were also affected.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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