ILLUVIATED CLAY IN SANDY PODZOLIC SOILS OF NEW BRUNSWICK

1982 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. WANG ◽  
J. A. MCKEAGUE
Keyword(s):  
New Brunswick ◽  
Podzolic Soil ◽  
Sandy Soils ◽  
Organic C ◽  
Podzolic Soils ◽  
Organic Complexes ◽  
Gains And Losses

Satisfactory uniformity with depth was established in sandy materials of marine, till and alluvial origin and a Podzolic soil was sampled in each of the materials. Marked maxima of clay, organic C, and pyrophosphate-extractable Fe and Al occurred within the podzolic B horizon of each soil. These maxima were least pronounced in the youngest soil developed in alluvium. In general, organic C and pyrophosphate Fe maxima occurred above clay and pyrophosphate Al maxima. Calculations of gains and losses of constituents showed marked gains of clay, organic C and extractable Fe and Al in the podzolic B horizons. Though weakly oriented, silt and clay cutans occurred on some grains in the B horizons of these soils, micromorphological evidence was not conclusive in indicating clay illuviation. The results are interpreted as indicating that clay was probably translocated and deposited with organic complexes of Fe and Al in these acid, sandy soils.

CHARACTERISTICS AND CLASSIFICATION OF NON-CEMENTED SANDY SOILS IN NEW BRUNSWICK

1980 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. WANG ◽  
H. W. REES
Keyword(s):  
New Brunswick ◽  
Sandy Soils ◽  
Classification Systems ◽  
Minor Effect ◽  
Soil Evolution ◽  
Organic C ◽  
Podzolic Soils ◽  
A Minor ◽  
Total Organic C

Forty-nine sandy soils developed in till, outwash, alluvium and marine sands were studied to determine the effect of mode of deposition on soil development and to classify the soils according to the Canadian and U.S. classification systems. Forty-three of the soils met the morphological and chemical criteria of Humo-Ferric Podzols but none of these was a Spodosol because the ratio of pyrophosphate-extractable Fe + Al to clay in the B horizon was below 0.2. Mode of deposition had only a minor effect on soil evolution. However, B horizon development was strongest in the till soils, perhaps because of their somewhat finer texture and greater age. A pronounced maximum of clay occurred in the B horizons of the Podzolic soils; commonly, clay in the B exceeded that in the A and C by a factor of 2–5. A higher pyrophosphate Al/Fe ratio was found associated with soils low in total pyrophosphate Al + Fe and vice versa. It was also found that pyrophosphate Al + Fe was positively correlated with total organic C (r = 0.891).

MICROMORPHOLOGY AND ENERGY DISPERSIVE ANALYSIS OF ORTSTEIN HORIZONS OF PODZOLIC SOILS FROM NEW BRUNSWICK AND NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA

1980 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. McKEAGUE ◽  
C. WANG
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Nova Scotia ◽  
New Brunswick ◽  
Fine Sand ◽  
Energy Dispersive ◽  
Thin Sections ◽  
Clay Particles ◽  
Podzolic Soils ◽  
Organic Complexes ◽  
Cementing Material

Cutans that coat and link sand grains in cemented podzolic B horizons (ortstein) of well and poorly drained podzolic soils from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick were described in thin sections and analyzed by energy dispersive spectrometry (EDS). The principal type of cutan was brown and weakly to moderately anisotropic; it included numerous silt and fine sand grains. X-ray spectra showed this type to be composed dominantly of Al and Si with lesser amounts of K and Fe, and minor amounts of P, S, and other elements. The silt and clay particles of these cutans were apparently impregnated with Al, Fe-organic complexes. Another common type of cutan was dark reddish brown, monomorphic and isotropic; it consisted mainly of Al and organic matter as indicated by dominant Al and weak P and S peaks. In a few samples such cutans were composed mainly of Fe and organic matter. Rarer black cutans contained Mn in various proportions. The dominant cementing material of these ortstein horizons was shown to be organic complexes of Al and, less commonly, of Fe. The genesis of soils with ortstein is discussed.

DETERMINING AMMONIUM OXALATE-EXTRACTABLE Si IN SOILS

1986 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 751-755 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. WANG ◽  
P. A. SCHUPPLI
Keyword(s):  
Atomic Absorption ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Podzolic Soil ◽  
Ammonium Oxalate ◽  
Podzolic Soils ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Key Words Oxalate

Determination of oxalate-extractable Si and Al is useful in assessing the degree of accumulation of allophane-like materials in Podzolic soils. Three procedures were tested for determining Si: manual spectrophotometry, automated spectrophotometry and atomic absorption. For concentrations of oxalate-extractable Si above 0.5 g kg−1, there was no significant difference among results by the three procedures. For lower concentrations of Si, results by atomic absorption were higher than those by the spectrophotometric procedures. Determination by Si by autoanalyzer is the preferred procedure as it is convenient, sensitive and reliable. Key words: Oxalate Si, Podzolic soil, autoanalyzer

scholarly journals Effect of Biochar on TDR-Based Volumetric Soil Moisture Measurements in a Loamy Sand Podzolic Soil

Soil Systems ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wanniarachchi ◽  
Cheema ◽  
Thomas ◽  
Galagedara
Keyword(s):  
Soil Moisture ◽  
Moisture Content ◽  
Soil Moisture Content ◽  
Podzolic Soil ◽  
Dielectric Constants ◽  
Loamy Sand ◽  
Typical Application ◽  
Podzolic Soils ◽  
Volumetric Soil Moisture ◽  
Time Domain Reflectometer

Considering the increased interests in biochar (BC) as a soil amendment and a growing media substrate in agriculture, we evaluated the effect of BC incorporation on TDR (time-domain reflectometer)-based volumetric soil moisture content (VSMC) estimations in a loamy sand podzolic soil. Two commercial BC types (powdered—BCP, and granular—BCG) were mixed in different rates (w/w) with a podzolic soil. The dielectric constants measured using a TDR cable tester (MOHR CT 100) were converted to VSMC. Three commonly used models: (i) Topp’s equation, M-1; (ii) mixing model, M-2; and (iii) the forest soil model, M-3, were used. The accuracy of the estimated VSMC using these three models was statistically compared with measured VSMC. BCP at lower rates produced very similar results to the actual VSMC with M-1 and M-2 but deviated with increasing rates. The M-3 showed a non-linear relationship with measured VSMC. In BCG treatments, all models overestimated the VSMC. BCG rates higher than 15% (w/w) resulted in highly attenuated TDR waveforms and the signal was completely dissipated when rates higher than 50% (w/w) were used (typical application for field soils is less than 5% w/w). These results showed that predictions of the soil moisture content based on the soil dielectric constant might not be feasible for tested podzolic soils amended at high BC rates.

Effects of soils, fertilizers and stocking rates on pastures and beef production on the Wallum of south-eastern Queensland. 1. Botanical composition and chemical effects on plants and soils

1973 ◽  
Vol 13 (64) ◽  
pp. 516 ◽  
Author(s):  
WW Bryan ◽  
TR Evans
Keyword(s):  
Botanical Composition ◽  
Stocking Rate ◽  
Total N ◽  
Organic C ◽  
Podzolic Soils ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Digitaria Decumbens ◽  
Chloris Gayana ◽  
Species Frequencies ◽  
Stocking Rates

A complex pasture mixture was grazed by cattle at three stocking rates (1.23, 1.65 and 2.47 beasts a hectare) at Beerwah, south-eastern Queensland over six years. There were four fertilizer treatments involving two rates of superphosphate and three of KCl. On the basis of species frequencies, the seven major soil types on the area fell into two groups, the podzolic soils in one and the humic gleys in another. The podzolics were favoured by Chloris gayana, Desmodium intortum, D. uncinatum and Lotononis bainesii, whereas Paspalum dilatatum and Trifolium repens were more frequent on the humic gleys. The light stocking rate favoured Paspalum commersonii, Digitaria decumbens and both Desmodium species. At the high stocking rate P. dilatatum, T. repens and L. bainesii were more prominent, as were weeds in general. Application of KCl had no effect on botanical composition but the K content of soils and plants increased with increasing levels of application. As the superphosphate rate was increased, the proportion of all sown species except P. dilatatum and L. bainesii increased and the weed content decreased. Over time, the legume content in all plots decreased, weeds increased and the grass content remained about the same. The effects were more marked at low rates of superphosphate and high stocking rate. There was a lower legume content and a higher weed content in winter than in summer, but soils and treatments had similar effects in both seasons. Compared with virgin soils, those under fertilized pastures for eight years contained more organic C, available P, K and Ca, total N, and Zn and Fe.

Ecosystem carbon accumulation following fallow farmland afforestation with red pine in southern Quebec

2007 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 1118-1133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rock Ouimet ◽  
Sylvie Tremblay ◽  
Catherine Périé ◽  
Guy Prégent
Keyword(s):  
Forest Floor ◽  
Mineral Soil ◽  
Sandy Soils ◽  
Carbon Accumulation ◽  
Red Pine ◽  
Pedotransfer Functions ◽  
Soil Horizons ◽  
Organic C ◽  
Vegetation Biomass ◽  
C Stocks

We assessed the organic C stocks and inferred their changes in vegetation biomass, forest floor, and soil using a 50 year chronosequence of red pine ( Pinus resinosa Ait.) plantations established on postagricultural fields in southern Quebec, Canada. The data come from soil and tree field surveys carried out in the 1970s in 348 sites. Organic C concentrations were usually measured in three major mineral soil horizons; for the remaining soil horizons, they were estimated using pedotransfer functions. The effect of soil order, drainage, and texture was analysed. Over 22 years, organic C accumulation rates (Mg C·ha–1·year–1) were 1.66 ± 0.03 in vegetation biomass, 0.56 ± 0.07 in forest floor, 0.86 ± 0.47 in loamy soils (0–100 cm), and  –0.18 ± 0.24 in sandy soils (0–100 cm). The greater rate of C accumulation in loamy soils was due to the contribution of the 30–100 cm subsoil layer. The overall net accumulation of organic C in these plantation ecosystems was estimated to 51.4 ± 4.8 Mg C·ha–1 at 22 years. Soils of these plantations acted as a C sink in the first two decades, particularly in loamy soils compared with sandy soils, with no major differences among soil order or drainage.

NATIVE CLAY-FIXED AMMONIUM CONTENT, AND THE FIXATION OF ADDED AMMONIUM OF SOME SOILS OF EASTERN CANADA

1978 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. J. SOWDEN ◽  
G. J. ROSS ◽  
A. A. MacLEAN
Keyword(s):  
New Brunswick ◽  
Clay Mineralogy ◽  
Sandy Soils ◽  
Clay Content ◽  
Lower Percentage ◽  
Slight Effect ◽  
Eastern Canada ◽  
Surface Soils ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Cultivated Soils

A study was made of the native clay-fixed NH4+ of some typical soils of Eastern Canada. Usually the amount of fixed NH4+ was related to the clay contents and increased down the profile but there were frequent exceptions to both of these generalizations. The amounts found ranged from 12 to 450 μg fixed NH4+–N/g soil. In general, with some cultivated soils, the cropped areas had lower native fixed NH4+ contents than areas that were in sod. The capacity to fix added NH4+ was usually low in the sandy soils and in general the B and C horizons fixed more NH4+ than the A horizons. For the soils that did fix NH4+, a larger amount but lower percentage was fixed as the amount of added NH4+ was increased. The amount of water in which the NH4+ was added had a slight effect on the percentage fixed, being a little lower as the amount of water was increased. The cultivated New Brunswick surface soils had low NH4+ fixing capacities. Analysis of the clay mineralogy of some soils showed a fairly close relationship between vermiculitic clay content and NH4+ fixation.

Isolation of Bdellovibrio spp. that prey on Azospirillum brasilense in soil

1987 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 459-461 ◽  
Author(s):  
James J. Germida
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Azospirillum Brasilense ◽  
Podzolic Soil ◽  
Enterobacter Aerogenes ◽  
Broth Culture ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Podzolic Soils ◽  
Ensifer Adhaerens ◽  
Attack Phase ◽  
Curved Rods

Bdellovibrios that prey on Azospirillum brasilense were isolated from a Latosol and a Podzolic soil from Brazil which were stored air-dried for 2 years. The addition of A. brasilense strain Cd or Sp 7 cells and nutrients to these soils stimulated growth of indigenous bdellovibrios; direct assay of these soils did not yield bdellovibrios. Two other Podzolic soils from Brazil and three Chernozemic soils from Canada did not contain detectable bdellovibrios. After enrichment with strain Cd cells, the Podzolic soil yielded 1340 bdellovibrios per g of soil, whereas enrichment with strain Sp 7 cells yielded only 50. Escherichia coli and Enterobacter aerogenes cells did not stimulate growth of bdellovibrios in this soil, but did stimulate growth of bdellovibrios in the Latosol as did strains Cd and Sp 7. The morphology of an azospirilla-attacking Bdellovibrio, isolated from the Podzolic soil, was typical of the genus; attack-phase cells were curved rods, 0.2–0.4 by 1.0–1.3 μm, motile by means of a single polar flagellum. In broth culture this Bdellovibrio isolate preyed on several different gram-negative bacteria, although the apparent growth rate on prey cells was A. brasilense strain Cd > strain Sp 7 > A. lipoferum strain Sp Br 17 = E. coli = E. aerogenes > A. brasilense strain Sp 35. Pseudomonas fluorescens, Ensifer adhaerens, and 20 unidentified bacterial isolates from the Podzolic soil were not suitable prey. These results indicate that Bdellovibrio survive in some air-dry soils at undetectable levels but respond quickly to the presence of a large number of prey cells. In addition, the presence in soil of bdellovibrios that exhibit a faster growth rate on A. brasilense strain Cd than on strain Sp 7 cells and other azospirilla indicates potential problems when using strain Cd as a crop inoculant in certain soils.

FORMATION D’HORIZONS CIMENTES DANS LES SOLS SABLEUX DU DELTA DES RIVIERES MANICOUAGAN ET OUTARDES, QUEBEC

1980 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. PAGÉ ◽  
M. ROMPRÉ ◽  
C. R. DE KIMPE ◽  
G. A. BOURBEAU
Keyword(s):  
Podzolic Soil ◽  
Fine Particles ◽  
Lower Layer ◽  
Mineral Deposits ◽  
Shallow Waters ◽  
Podzolic Soils ◽  
The Third ◽  
Massive Structure ◽  
Organic Deposits ◽  
Micromorphological Analysis

Three profiles, one Fibrisol and two Podzols, developed on the deltaic sediments of the Manicouagan and Outardes rivers, have been analyzed. The mineral deposits contain two different layers. The upper one, rich in silt and clay, corresponds to the latest stage of sedimentation in shallow waters, while the lower layer is sandy in texture. The impervious nature of the upper layer due to a massive structure and a large content of fine particles has favored the formation of very extensive peatlands. At the edge of the former beachline, drainage is improved and Podzolic soils have developed. The fine-textured layer found under the organic deposits of the Fibrisol is partially disrupted by the roots in the Podzolic soil. In the third profile, this layer is more completely disorganized but the A and B horizons still contain relic fragments, which are cemented by podzolic material. At depth, this profile also contains cemented horizons. Cement is composed of podzolic material and illuviated clay. Micromorphological analysis contributed to an explanation of the evolution of the spodic organizations in the soils and to an understanding of the origin and formation of the cemented horizons.

scholarly journals The effect of organic fertilizers on the physico-chemical and agrochemical properties of sod-podzolic soils

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (47) ◽  
pp. 21-21
Author(s):  
Vladimir Sedykh ◽  
Vitaliy Savich ◽  
Oleg Efimov ◽  
Vasily Rashkovich
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Podzolic Soil ◽  
Humus Content ◽  
Organic Fertilizers ◽  
Chicken Manure ◽  
Podzolic Soils ◽  
Physico Chemical ◽  
Mobile Forms ◽  
Agrochemical Properties ◽  
Chemical Soil

Studies of the effect of litter chicken manure applied in doses of 500-1000 t/ha showed a significant increase in the humus content in soils up to 2.8-5.2%, led to an increase in the content of thermophilic microflora in soils up to 12 · 105 CFU/ g, to an increase in the content of mobile phosphates up to 1200 mg/kg. However, the content of mobile forms of heavy metals (Pb, Zn, Cu, Ni) also increased. The increase in humus content in soils positively correlated with the content of mobile phosphates (r up to 0.5). Keywords: SOD-PODZOLIC SOIL, FERTILIZERS, CHICKEN MANURE, AGROCHEMICAL AND PHYSICO-CHEMICAL SOIL PROPERTIES

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