Author: Admasu Neguse
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Category : Lime
Languages : en
Pages : 182

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Author: Dayaram Kunverji Patel
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 102

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Author: Homer Jay Wheeler
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Category : Liming of soils
Languages : en
Pages : 34

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Author: Silvio Adalberto Codas
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 122

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Author: Paul William Peterson
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Category : Soil acidity
Languages : en
Pages : 198

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There are two major problems associated with soil acidity and lime response investigations: A. Determining how much lime (100% "available" CaCO3 equivalent) is required to raise a soil pH (or degree of acidity) from its existing level to a specified level - presumably where need for lime is eliminated. B. Determining responses of different crops on different soils to lime; and defining some chemical measurement of the soil that will predict the response of a specified crop. Investigations in this study were limited to the first problem. Liming characteristics of 45 acid Willamette Valley soils, representing the major agricultural soil associations, were determined by incubating the soils with increments of CaCO3. The lime required to bring the soils to the specified pH levels of 6.8, 6.4 and 6.0 varied widely within the respective pH levels. Relationships between soils, however, as determined by the value of the incubation curve slope (meq. of CaCO3 /100g of soil required to raise soil pH by one unit), were improved by grouping into related soils. Laboratory measurements of other soil chemistry parameters were compared with changes in pH to determine if a satisfactory quick laboratory procedure could be developed to measure the incubation lime requirement of soils with different chemical characteristics. Measurements of soil pH were made by three different methods: (1) in the supernatant of a 1:2 soil to water suspension; (2) in the sedimented paste of the 1:2 soil to water suspension; and (3) in the supernatant of a 1:2 soil to 1 N KCl suspension. Lime requirement with a buffered solution was measured in limed and unlimed soils by use of the SMP (Shoemaker, McLean, and Pratt) buffer method. Soil samples treated with increments of lime were analyzed for extractable Al and exchange acidity by titration and the unincubated soils were analyzed for exchange acidity determined by subtracting exchangeable bases from CEC measured at pH 7. 0 and pH 6. 0. Results of the correlation analyses showed that the SMP buffer method should prove useful for predicting the incubation lime requirement. Correlation coefficients for these two values were .89, .90 and 86, respectively, to reach pH levels of 6.8, 6.4 and 6.0. Soil pH measurements, extractable Al, and exchange acidity determinations did not provide as good a basis for determining incubation lime requirements, Regression equations were calculated for the SMP buffer/incubation lime requirement relationships. The purpose of this study was to identify the changes in soil chemical measurements that take place with application of lime. No attempt was made to determine whether a crop might respond to an application of lime on an acid soil. The assumption was made that yield could be related to specific pH or soil acidity levels that could be measured in the laboratory. Therefore, the problem was approached by studying procedures that might determine the application of lime required to reach a specified pH or soil acidity measurement. It anticipated that field trials for evaluating lime response will be carried out in the future to evaluate the usefulness of the SMP buffer method which showed promise in this regard.

Author: Fred Adams
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Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 400

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The chemistry of acidity. Physiological effects of hydrogen, aluminum, and managanese toxicities in acid soil. Physiological aspects of calcium, magnesium, and molybdenum deficiencies in plants. Liming materials and practices. Crop response to lime in the southern united states. Crop response to lime in the midwestern united states. Crop response to lime in the northeastern united states. Crop response to lime in the wested states. Crop response to lime on soils in the tropics. Glossary-common and scientific names of crops referred to in this monograph.

Author: William Richard Devor
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Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Slamet Setijono
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 246

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Author: Emerson Dale Fairchild
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Category : Fertilizers
Languages : en
Pages : 78

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Author: Jr. Jones
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1351416111
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 268

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For more than 30 years, soil testing has been widely used as a basis for determining lime and fertilizer needs. Today, a number of procedures are used for determining everything from soil pH and lime requirement, to the level of extractable nutrient elements. And as the number of cropped fields being tested increases, more and more farmers and growers will come to rely on soil test results. But if soil testing is to be an effective means of evaluating the fertility status of soils, standardization of methodology is essential. No single test is appropriate for all soils. Soil Analysis Handbook of Reference Methods is a standard laboratory technique manual for the most commonly used soil analysis procedures. First published in 1974, this Handbook has changed over the years to reflect evolving needs. New test methods and modifications have been added, as well as new sections on nitrate, heavy metals, and quality assurance plans for agricultural testing laboratories. Compiled by the Soil and Plant Analysis Council, this latest edition of Soil Analysis Handbook of Reference Methods also addresses the major methods for managing plant nutrition currently in use in the United States and other parts of the world. For soil scientists, farmers, growers, or anyone with an interest in the environment, this reference will prove an invaluable guide to standard methods for soil testing well into the future. Features