Potassium nutrition, ionic relations, and oxalic acid accumulation in three cultivars of Setaria sphacelata

1972 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 969 ◽  
Author(s):  
FW Smith
Keyword(s):  
Oxalic Acid ◽  
Nitrogen Fertilization ◽  
Response Curves ◽  
Potassium Nutrition ◽  
Potassium Fertilization ◽  
Inorganic Cation ◽  
Setaria Sphacelata ◽  
Calcium Magnesium ◽  
Ionic Relations ◽  
Potassium Response

The effects of potassium and nitrogen fertilization on growth, chemical composition, ionic relations, and oxalic acid levels in the Nandi, Kazungula, and Narok cultivars of Setaria sphacelata have been studied. Potassium response curves have been derived and their use in predicting 'critical potassium levels' in these grasses discussed. Cation-anion balances (total inorganic cation concentrationndash;total inorganic anion concentration) have been calculated and the effects of potassium and nitrogen fertilization on ionic relations are discussed. The Kazungula and Narok cultivars contained higher levels of the cations calcium, magnesium, sodium, and ammonium when grown under limiting potassium conditions than when supplied with adequate potassium. The Nandi cultivar was similarly affected but did not accumulate sodium. All plants with high levels of potassium in their tissues also contained high levels of nitrate when the nitrogen supply was adequate. The cation-anion balance increased with increasing potassium fertilization in all cultivars but there was an interaction between potassium fertilization and nitrogen fertilization. Potassium and nitrogen fertilization resulted in large increases in oxalic acid levels. It is shown that the amount of oxalic acid accumulated is related to the cation-anion balance.

scholarly journals Effects of Nitrogen Fertilization and Frequency of Cutting on the Yield and Composition of Napier Grass in Puerto Rico

1969 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 215-227
Author(s):  
José Vicente-Chandler ◽  
Servando Silva ◽  
Jacinto Figarella
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Fertilization ◽  
Crude Protein ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Lignin Content ◽  
Napier Grass ◽  
Exchangeable Bases ◽  
Harvest Intervals ◽  
Calcium Magnesium ◽  
Phosphorus And Potassium ◽  
Nitrogen Rates

The effects of nitrogen rates ranging from 0 to 2,000 pounds of N per acre yearly and of 40-, 60-, and 90-day harvest intervals on the yield and composition of Napier grass and on soil acidity, were determined for three consecutive years. Yields increased with nitrogen fertilization to at least the 800-pound level during all seasons. Crude-protein contents and protein yields increased with nitrogen fertilization up to the 2,000-pound level. More than 60 percent of the fertilizer nitrogen was recovered in the forage at all rates up to 1,200 pounds per acre yearly, but efficiency of utilization in terms of dry matter produced per pound of nitrogen decreased beyond the 400- pound level. The phosphorus and potassium contents of the forage decreased, but the lignin content increased with increasing nitrogen rates. The calcium and magnesium contents were not markedly affected by nitrogen fertilization. Dry-matter and protein yields and lignin content of the forage increased, while the protein, phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, and potassium contents decreased with length of harvest interval. With a 60-day harvest interval and 800 pounds of nitrogen per acre yearly, which seemed to be the optimum combination, Napier grass yielded 44,561 pounds of dry matter, or about 130 tons of green forage, per acre yearly, containing 9.7 percent of protein. With this treatment, Napier grass removed 674 pounds of nitrogen, 554 of potassium, and 120 each of calcium, magnesium, and phosphorus per acre yearly from the soil. Over-all yields did not decrease during the 3 years of experimentation but seasonal yields varied by as much as 70 percent of the average. The treatments affected residual yields obtained more than 6 months after the experiment was terminated. The application of 800 pounds of N as ammonium sulfate per acre annually over a 3-year period caused a drop of 3 pH units and a loss of 10.4 m.e. of exchangeable bases per 100 gm. of soil in the upper 6 inches of soil.

Corrigendum - Yield depression due to phosphate fertilizer in sugar-cane

1964 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 537
Author(s):  
RA Yates
Keyword(s):  
Trace Element ◽  
Nitrogen Fertilization ◽  
Phosphate Fertilizer ◽  
Nitrogen Supply ◽  
Yield Response ◽  
Critical Levels ◽  
Ratio Effect ◽  
Calcium Magnesium ◽  
Low Nitrogen ◽  
Yield Depression

A large series of trials involving phosphate fertilizer showed that yields of cane could be reduced by the application of superphosphate at rates of up to 2 cwt/acre in four distinct areas. In these areas, the yield response to phosphate was dependent on the rate of nitrogen fertilization; yield depression only occurred where the nitrogen supply was adequate; phosphate could increase yields at low nitrogen. In most cases, the yield depression was associated with a low calcium/ magnesium (Ca/Mg) ratio in the soil (a ratio of less than 3.0 in terms of milliequivalents). On soils with high Ca/Mg ratios, regressions of yield response on soil or leaf phosphate indicated critical levels similar to those accepted elsewhere. Significant regressions could not be obtained from soils with low Ca/Mg ratios. A few trials testing a phosphate x trace element interaction indicated that the phosphate yield depression in at least one area was due to an induced deficiency of some trace element. The trace element effect is independent of the Ca/Mg ratio effect.

scholarly journals Effects of Nitrogen Fertilization and Frequency of Cutting on the Yield and Composition of Guinea Grass in Puerto Rico

1969 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 228-239
Author(s):  
José Vicente-Chandler ◽  
Servando Silva ◽  
Jacinto Figarella
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Fertilization ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Phosphorus Content ◽  
Lignin Content ◽  
Magnesium Content ◽  
Harvest Intervals ◽  
Guinea Grass ◽  
Calcium Magnesium ◽  
Nitrogen Rates ◽  
Forage Yields

The effects of nitrogen rates ranging from 0 to 1,600 pounds of N per acre yearly and of 40-, 60-, and 90-day harvest intervals on the yield and composition of Guinea grass and on soil acidity were determined for 2 consecutive years. Yields increased with nitrogen fertilization up to the 800-pound level, while protein content and protein yields increased up to the 1,600-pound level. About half of the fertilizer nitrogen was recovered in the forage when 800 pounds or less were applied per acre yearly. Efficiency of utilization, in terms of dry matter produced per pound of nitrogen, decreased with increasing rates. The phosphorus content of the forage decreased while the lignin content increased with nitrogen rates. Fertilization with nitrogen had no apparent effect on the calcium, potassium, or magnesium content of the forage. Yields and lignin content of the forage increased while the protein. phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, and potassium contents decreased with length of harvest interval. A 60-day harvest interval and 400 to 800 pounds of nitrogen per acre yearly, depending on rainfall, seemed to be the optimum combination. With the higher nitrogen rate, Guinea grass yielded 32,733 pounds of dry matter (about 73 tons of green forage) per acre yearly with 9.6 percent of protein. With this treatment Guinea grass removed about 70 pounds of phosphorus, 286 pounds of calcium, 169 pounds of magnesium, 500 pounds of nitrogen, and 330 pounds of potassium per acre yearly. About the same yields were produced during each of the two years although rainfall varied greatly. Seasonal yields varied widely. The application of 800 pounds of nitrogen as ammonium sulfate per acre annually over a 2-year period caused a drop of 2.1 pH units and a loss of 5.5 m.e. of exchangeable bases per 100 gm. in the upper 6 inches of soil.

scholarly journals Nitrogen and potassium fertilization of potato

1978 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-77
Author(s):  
Hilkka Tähtinen
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Fertilization ◽  
Starch Content ◽  
Fertilization Rate ◽  
Application Rate ◽  
Potassium Fertilization ◽  
Mineral Soils ◽  
One Year ◽  
Starch Yield ◽  
Nitrogen Application Rate

Fourteen one-year N- and K-fertilization experiments for potato were carried out on coarse mineral soils on different sites in Finland. The nitrogen fertilization (from 50 to 156 kg/ha N) was given in the form of ammonium nitrate limestone, and the potassium (42—179 kg/ha K) in potassium sulphate. The nitrogen fertilization affected significantly both the yield and the quality of the tubers. The maximum tuber yield was achieved at the nitrogen application rate of 110 kg/ha. The economically most advantageous fertilization rate was 80 kg of nitrogen per hectare, if only the amount of the yield was taken into account. The nitrogen fertilization weakened the quality of the tubers. The weight and the size of the tubers increased, but the starch content of the tubers decreased as a result of the nitrogen fertilization. The starch yield also turned out to be the smallest at the heaviest nitrogen fertilization. Further, the biggest rate of nitrogen weakened the flavor of the tubers, depressed their mealiness, and increased slightly their discoloration when raw. The fertilization had no effect on the darkening of cooked potatoes. In these one-year experiments, the increase of the potassium fertilization from 42 kg/ha K did not have a significant effect on the yield and the quality of the tubers.

scholarly journals Nitrogen fertilization and leaf spraying with Azospirillum brasilense in wheat: effects on mineral nutrition and yield

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 483-493
Author(s):  
Marcos Renan Besen ◽  
Antonio Feijo Goes Neto ◽  
Michel Esper Neto ◽  
Eder Junior de Oliveira Zampar ◽  
Eunápio José de Oliveira Costa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Fertilization ◽  
Azospirillum Brasilense ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Block Design ◽  
Wheat Crop ◽  
Plant Nitrogen ◽  
Randomized Block Design ◽  
Calcium Magnesium ◽  
Use Efficiency ◽  
N Use

The use of Azospirillum brasilense has the potential to improve plant nitrogen (N) use efficiency, while a better understanding of alternative management practices with inoculation is necessary. The aim was to examine the effects of the leaf application of A. brasilense in association with nitrogen fertilization on the wheat crop. The experiment was conducted in Lidianópolis, Paraná, Brazil, in a completely randomized block design with four replications. The treatments included four doses of A. brasilense for leaf application (0, 200, 400, and 600 ml ha-1) and four doses of N (0, 40, 80, and 120 kg N ha-1). The nutritional content, yield components, quality, and yield of the wheat crop were evaluated. There was no interaction among the factors, nor did the treatments have an isolated effect on spike length, the number of spikelets per spike, spikes per m2, thousand grain weight, and test weight. However, doses of A. brasilense increased calcium and magnesium absorption at 283 and 380 ml ha-1, respectively. Similarly, nitrogen application increased the content of calcium, magnesium, and copper in the leaf at 61, 47, and 49 kg N ha-1, respectively. Nitrogen also increased the number of grains per spike and yield at 56 and 54 kg N ha-1, respectively. Yield correlated with the number of grains per spike and the manganese and copper content in the leaf. The results demonstrate that the inoculation of leaves with A. brasilense favored a higher absorption of divalent cationic macronutrients and that N was fundamental to increasing the yield, with the best responses observed between 47 and 61 kg ha-1.

SOME EFFECTS OF FERTILIZATION ON THE YIELD, BOTANICAL AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF IRRIGATED GRASS AND GRASS-CLOVER PASTURE SWARDS

1960 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 546-562 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. H. Gardner ◽  
T. L. Jackson ◽  
G. R. Webster ◽  
R. H. Turley
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Fertilization ◽  
Calcium Content ◽  
Mineral Nutrient ◽  
Available Phosphorus ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Available Nitrogen ◽  
Nutrient Yield ◽  
Calcium Magnesium ◽  
High Yields ◽  
Moderate Yield

In an irrigated pasture experiment on Vancouver Island, on a soil deficient in available nitrogen and potassium but apparently containing sufficient available phosphorus, calcium and magnesium for adequate plant growth, an irrigated Ladino clover-grass mixture greatly outproduced a grass mixture on a forage, protein and mineral nutrient yield basis. In order to attain even a moderate yield with a grass mixture, heavy fertilization with nitrogen and potassium was necessary. Nitrogen fertilization was not essential to high yields with the Ladino clover-grass mixture. Nitrogen fertilization tended to decrease the per cent Ladino clover and the protein and calcium content in the clover-grass forage and increased the protein content of the grass herbage. The calcium content of the grass herbage was decreased by nitrogen fertilization. The phosphorus and magnesium contents of the clover-grass and grass herbage were not appreciably altered by nitrogen fertilization. Decreasing the time interval between nitrogen applications resulted in a more even production of dry matter over the growing season but did not increase the total seasonal yield. Potassium fertilization increased the yield of both mixtures and increased the per cent clover in the grass-clover sward. Multi-annual potassium applications were required for the elimination of plant potassium deficiency symptoms and the applied potassium was quickly absorbed by the plants. Grass herbage contained more potassium, slightly more phosphorus and less calcium, magnesium and nitrogen than grass-clover herbage.

scholarly journals THE INTRACELLULAR LOCALIZATION OF INORGANIC CATIONS WITH POTASSIUM PYROANTIMONATE

1970 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 355-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos J. Tandler ◽  
César M. Libanati ◽  
Carlos A. Sanchis
Keyword(s):  
Cell Morphology ◽  
Intact Cell ◽  
Intracellular Localization ◽  
Bound State ◽  
Plant Tissues ◽  
Inorganic Cations ◽  
Large Pool ◽  
Inorganic Cation ◽  
Calcium Magnesium ◽  
Potassium Pyroantimonate

Potassium pyroantimonate, when used as fixative (saturated or half-saturated, without addition of any conventional fixative) has been demonstrated to produce intracellular precipitates of the insoluble salts of calcium, magnesium, and sodium and to preserve the general cell morphology. In both animal and plant tissues, the electron-opaque antimonate precipitates were found deposited in the nucleus—as well as within the nucleolus—and in the cytoplasm, largely at the site of the ribonucleoprotein particles; the condensed chromatin appeared relatively free of precipitates. The inorganic cations are probably in a loosely bound state since they are not retained by conventional fixatives. The implications of this inorganic cation distribution in the intact cell are discussed in connection with their anionic counterparts, i.e., complexing of cations by fixed anionic charges and the coexistence of a large pool of inorganic orthophosphate anions in the nucleus and nucleolus.

scholarly journals Effect of added magnesium, potassium, lime and nitrogen on oats: II. Nutrient contents, cation ratios and magnesium uptake

1977 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 296-314
Author(s):  
Raili Jokinen
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Fertilization ◽  
Magnesium Deficiency ◽  
Peat Soil ◽  
Calcium Content ◽  
Magnesium Content ◽  
Potassium Content ◽  
Pot Experiment ◽  
Nutrient Contents ◽  
Potassium Fertilization ◽  
Magnesium Uptake

In a pot experiment on sphagnum peat soil the magnesium fertilization increased significantly the magnesium content of the grains and the straws of oats. The addition of potassium fertilization decreased the magnesium content when the plants received a magnesium fertilization. Without magnesium the rate of potassium fertilization did not have an effect on the magnesium content of the straws. The increase in the equivalent ratio of the three potassium rates and the two magnesium rates decreased the magnesium content of both the grains and the straws. Along with the magnesium fertilization the addition of lime decreased the magnesium content of the grains and increased that of the straws. Doubling the amount of the nitrogen fertilization with the magnesium fertilizer increased the magnesium content of the grains and the straws. In the case of magnesium deficiency the addition of lime or nitrogen did not have an effect on the magnesium content of the yields. The rate of magnesium, potassium, lime and nitrogen did not have an effect on the potassium content of the grains. The potassium content of the straws increased with the addition of potassium. Without the magnesium fertilization the potassium content, as well as, the ratios K/Mg and K/(Ca + Mg) in the grains and the straws were high. A part of the missing magnesium had, perhaps, been substituted for by potassium. The calcium content of the grains and the straws obtained without magnesium fertilization was significantly higher than the calcium content with magnesium fertilization. The oats substituted possibly in part also calcium for the missing magnesium. The effect of added magnesium, potassium, lime and nitrogen on the magnesium uptake by oats was discussed.

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