Effect of elemental sulphur timing and application rates on soil P release and concentration in maize
High pH soil accounts for more that 30 percent of world's soils and poses problems to plant nutrient availability. As a cheap and readily available source of soil acidulates, elemental sulphur may be a useful material for alleviating some alkaline soil problems. To elucidate the role of element...
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| author | Karimizarchi, Mehdi Husin, Aminuddin Yusop, Mohd Khanif Othman, Radziah |
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| description | High pH soil accounts for more that 30 percent of world's soils and poses problems to plant nutrient availability. As a cheap and readily available source of soil acidulates, elemental sulphur may be a useful material for alleviating some alkaline soil problems. To elucidate the role of elemental sulphur as a soil amendment for plant production in a high pH soil, maize plants were grown under greenhouse conditions for 45 days after 0, 20 and 40 days of soil incubation at different rates of elemental sulphur (0, 0.5, 1 and 2 g S kg-1 of soil). Soils were sampled two times (before and after planting) and subjected to soil pH and available P determination. The results showed with each unit increase in S rate, soil pH decreases by 1.52 units. In addition, while sulphur application increased available P before planting, it failed to increase P supply to maize at harvest. Supporting the role of elemental S on soil P availability, with increasing S application rate the P concentration in maize root, stem and leaves was successively decreased. This relationship can be explained by the dilution of P in increasing leaf biomass and the similar concomitant increase of both zinc and manganese nutrient concentrations with increasing sulphur application rate. Overall, soil acidification by elemental sulphur application resulted in P reduction in soil labile pools and intensified P deficiency in maize. |
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| spelling | upm-295282016-08-02T02:59:46Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29528/ Effect of elemental sulphur timing and application rates on soil P release and concentration in maize Karimizarchi, Mehdi Husin, Aminuddin Yusop, Mohd Khanif Othman, Radziah High pH soil accounts for more that 30 percent of world's soils and poses problems to plant nutrient availability. As a cheap and readily available source of soil acidulates, elemental sulphur may be a useful material for alleviating some alkaline soil problems. To elucidate the role of elemental sulphur as a soil amendment for plant production in a high pH soil, maize plants were grown under greenhouse conditions for 45 days after 0, 20 and 40 days of soil incubation at different rates of elemental sulphur (0, 0.5, 1 and 2 g S kg-1 of soil). Soils were sampled two times (before and after planting) and subjected to soil pH and available P determination. The results showed with each unit increase in S rate, soil pH decreases by 1.52 units. In addition, while sulphur application increased available P before planting, it failed to increase P supply to maize at harvest. Supporting the role of elemental S on soil P availability, with increasing S application rate the P concentration in maize root, stem and leaves was successively decreased. This relationship can be explained by the dilution of P in increasing leaf biomass and the similar concomitant increase of both zinc and manganese nutrient concentrations with increasing sulphur application rate. Overall, soil acidification by elemental sulphur application resulted in P reduction in soil labile pools and intensified P deficiency in maize. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29528/1/08%20JTAS-0761-2015.pdf Karimizarchi, Mehdi and Husin, Aminuddin and Yusop, Mohd Khanif and Othman, Radziah (2016) Effect of elemental sulphur timing and application rates on soil P release and concentration in maize. Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, 39 (2). pp. 235-248. ISSN 1511-3701; ESSN: 2231-8542 http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/Pertanika%20PAPERS/JTAS%20Vol.%2039%20(2)%20May.%202016/08%20JTAS-0761-2015.pdf |
| spellingShingle | Karimizarchi, Mehdi Husin, Aminuddin Yusop, Mohd Khanif Othman, Radziah Effect of elemental sulphur timing and application rates on soil P release and concentration in maize |
| title | Effect of elemental sulphur timing and application rates on soil P release and concentration in maize |
| title_full | Effect of elemental sulphur timing and application rates on soil P release and concentration in maize |
| title_fullStr | Effect of elemental sulphur timing and application rates on soil P release and concentration in maize |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of elemental sulphur timing and application rates on soil P release and concentration in maize |
| title_short | Effect of elemental sulphur timing and application rates on soil P release and concentration in maize |
| title_sort | effect of elemental sulphur timing and application rates on soil p release and concentration in maize |
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