Calibration of soil and leaf analyses for the control of sugar-cane fertilization rates in Southern Queensland

1965 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 367 ◽  
Author(s):  
RA Yates

Data from a large series of trials over a number of different soil types have been studied to determine the value of leaf and soil analyses for controlling the fertilization of sugar-cane. Statistical data on the correlations obtained are presented. The response to nitrogen fertilizer could not be assessed from leaf analysis data, but the level of mineral nitrogen in incubated topsoil was well correlated with the amount of fertilizer required. The response to phosphate fertilizer could be assessed through soil, leaf, or juice phosphate analyses, the leaf analysis being the most accurate, with a critical value of 0.18% phosphorus in the dry lamina of the top visible dewlap leaf. The reliability of this assessment depended on the soil calcium/magnesium ratio being normal, and there being no trace element interaction. The response to potassium fertilizer was only poorly correlated with soil potassium. The correlation with leaf potassium was good, and was modified by the response of leaf potassium to potassium fertilizer and by the level of phosphate in the leaf. At 0.174% phosphorus, the critical level for leaf potassium was 1.69%; this fell to 1.44% at 0.22% phosphorus. Assessment of critical values in leaf tissue was complicated by difficulties in selecting sampling times due to very variable growth rates, and by associated variations in leaf analyses. The levels of calcium and magnesium have not been found to affect the critical levels of potassium.

1971 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 197-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. C. MUNRO ◽  
J. A. CUTCLIFFE

Brussels sprouts (Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera DC., Jade Cross) require no potassium fertilizer on Prince Edward Island soils if exchangeable soil K as determined by neutral 1 N ammonium acetate exceeds 100 ppm. Below 75 ppm exchangeable soil K, 186 kg K/ha must be applied for maximum yields. Potassium treatments increased yields at only three of 12 locations studied. Leaf tissue potassium concentration was significantly increased at all locations by the fertilizer treatments. Neutral 1 N ammonium acetate for determining exchangeable K was the best soil analysis extract among those tested for measuring available potassium. Tissue analysis gave no information beyond soil analysis for predicting potassium fertilizer requirements on any soil studied.


HortScience ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 824F-825 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marjorie E. Ross* ◽  
Emily E. Hoover

Cultivar may cause variation in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) colonization levels leading to differences in shoot growth and runner formation, and in pathogen control in strawberries. However, a clear consensus has not been reached regarding the degree to which cultivar affects the formation of the symbiosis or its functioning. The study was conducted on four commercial strawberry farms in Minnesota and Wisconsin to compare, within a farm, mycorrhizal colonization and plant response among three strawberry cultivars: `Winona', `Anapolis' and `Jewel'. At each farm, two 6 × 6 meter plots of each cultivar were randomly selected. On each of three sampling dates, 4 whole plants and soil samples were collected from these plots in the 2003 field season. Roots were separated from shoots and leaves, and fresh and dry weights were taken. Leaves and soil were dried, weighed, and submitted for nutrient analysis. Soil nutrient analyses include phosphorus (Bray P), potassium, pH, buffer pH and organic matter. Leaf tissue analyses include P, K, Ca, Mg, Na, AL Fe, MN Zn, Cu, B, Pb, Ni, Cr, and Cd. Roots were collected, frozen, and prepared for scoring using methods adapted from Koske and Gemma (1989). Presence of mycorrhizal colonization is being scored using the methods of McGongle et al. (1990). Levels of mycorrhizal colonization among different strawberry cultivars will be compared. We will also use biomass measurements, to determine mycorrhizal effects on plant growth among different cultivars. Soil and leaf analysis data will be used to determine effects of AMF on plant nutrition and compare effects among cultivars.


2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chao Song ◽  
Changli Liu ◽  
Guilin Han

Abstract. Carbonate weathering, as a significant vector for the movement of carbon both between and within ecosystems, are strongly influenced by anthropogenic perturbations such as agricultural fertilization. Different fertilizer may exert a different impact on carbonate weathering, but their differences are not still well-known so far. In this study, a field column experiment was employed to explore the responses of carbonate weathering to different fertilizer addition. The eleven different treatments with three replicates including control, NH4NO3, NH4HCO3, NaNO3, NH4Cl, (NH4)2CO3, Ca3(PO4)2, (NH4)3PO4, fused calcium-magnesium phosphate fertilizer (Ca-Mg-P), Urea and K2CO3 were established in this column experiment, where limestone and dolostone tablets were buried at the bottom of each to determine the weathering amount and ratio of carbonate in soil. The result showed that the addition of urea, NH4NO3, NH4HCO3, NH4Cl and (NH4)2CO3 distinctly increased carbonate weathering, which was attributed to the nitrification of NH4+, and the addition of Ca3(PO4)2, Ca-Mg-P and K2CO3 induced carbonate precipitation due to common ion effect. Whereas the (NH4)3PO4 and NaNO3 addition did not impact significantly on carbonate weathering. The results of NaNO3 treatment seem to be raising a new question: the little impact of nitrate on carbonate weathering may result in the overestimation of impact of N-fertilizer on CO2 consumption by carbonate weathering at the regional/global scale if the effect of NO3 and NH4 are not distinguished. Moreover, in order to avoid misunderstanding more or less, the statement that nitrogenous fertilizer can aid carbonate weathering should be replaced by ammonium fertilizer.


1962 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 266-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. E. Barber ◽  
B. C. Matthews

The non-exchangeable potassium released by soil after equilibration with cation-exchange resin was determined by extraction of the mixture with neutral ammonium acetate at room temperature and compared with a similar extraction in the absence of resin. The difference obtained following a 2-day equilibration period was called moderately-available potassium.Simple linear regression of yield on exchangeable potassium or exchangeable plus moderately-available potassium accounted for only 16 and 27 per cent respectively of the variability in yield response of corn, wheat, oats and potatoes to potassium fertilizer in the field. Multiple linear regression of yield on exchangeable and moderately-available potassium accounted for an average of 37 per cent of the variation in crop response; but a multiple quadratic regression of Log (100-per cent yield) on exchangeable and moderately-available potassium accounted for an average of 56 per cent of the variability in Log (100-per cent yield). Multiple quadratic regression of absolute yield or per cent yield on exchangeable and moderately-available potassium accounted for 46 and 50 per cent, respectively, of the variability in crop response to potassium fertilizer.


1975 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 521 ◽  
Author(s):  
BK Taylor

The response of peach and apple trees to added superphosphate was recorded both in the nursery and later in the orchard after transplanting. The peach and apple trees responded positively to phosphate applications in both the nursery and the orchard despite the initial presence of medium to high phosphate levels in the soils. Of major interest, too, was the absence of a consistent interaction between the phosphate treatments applied in the separate years. This suggested that the trees could not accumulate enough phosphorus in any one year to influence their response to further phosphate. Leaf analysis showed two important effects in relation to the phosphate treatments. Firstly, since high rates of application of fertilizer led to only small increases in the levels of phosphorus in the leaves, tree growth rate and phosphate absorption rate are apparently closely coupled. Secondly, the deliberate withholding of phosphate fertilizer from all trees in the fourth season led to a marked decline in the levels of phosphorus in the leaves of both peach and apple, which suggested that phosphate fertilizer should be applied annually to young fruit trees. With apple, but not peach, increasing the rate of phosphate applied in the third season stimulated the number of flower buds initiated, but this effect was not simply the result of increased vegetative growth. On the other hand, phosphate application to the peach trees in the orchard resulted in a positive fruit set and yield response in the absence of any tree growth response.


2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (11) ◽  
pp. 3877-3886
Author(s):  
Wenxuan Luo ◽  
Shaona Yang ◽  
Mohammad Aman Khan ◽  
Jiawei Ma ◽  
Weijie Xu ◽  
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2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly A. Nelson ◽  
Peter P. Motavalli ◽  
William E. Stevens ◽  
John A. Kendig ◽  
David Dunn ◽  
...  

Research in 2004 and 2005 determined the effects of foliar-applied K-fertilizer sources (0-0-62-0 (%N-%P2O5-%K2O-%S), 0-0-25-17, 3-18-18-0, and 5-0-20-13) and additive rates (2.2, 8.8, and 17.6 kg K ha−1) on glyphosate-resistant soybean response and weed control. Field experiments were conducted at Novelty and Portageville with high soil test K and weed populations and at Malden with low soil test K and weed populations. At Novelty, grain yield increased with fertilizer additives at 8.8 kg K ha−1in a high-yield, weed-free environment in 2004, but fertilizer additives reduced yield up to 470 kg ha−1in a low-yield year (2005) depending on the K source and rate. At Portageville, K-fertilizer additives increased grain yield from 700 to 1160 kg ha−1compared to diammonium sulfate, depending on the K source and rate. At Malden, there was no yield response to K sources. Differences in leaf tissue K(P=0.03), S(P=0.03), B(P=0.0001), and Cu(P=0.008)concentrations among treatments were detected 14 d after treatment at Novelty and Malden. Tank mixtures of K-fertilizer additives with glyphosate may provide an option for foliar K applications.


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