The effect of phosphate rock dissolution on soil chemical properties and wheat seedling root elongation |
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Authors: | R J Wright V C Baligar D P Belesky J D Snuffer |
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Institution: | (1) Appalachian Soil and Water Conservation Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, 25802-0867 Beckley, WV, USA |
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Abstract: | Soils of the Appalachian region of the United States are acidic and deficient in P. North Carolina phosphate rock (PR), a
highly substituted fluoroapatite, should be quite reactive in these soils, allowing it to serve both as a source of P and
a potential ameliorant of soil acidity. An experiment was conducted to evaluate the influence of PR dissolution on soil chemical
properties and wheat (Triticum aestivum cv. Hart) seedling root elongation. Ten treatments including nine rates of PR (0, 12.5, 25, 50, 100, 200, 400, 800, and 1600
mg P kg-1) and a CaCO3 (1000 mg kg-1) control were mixed with two acidic soils, moistened to a level corresponding to 33 kPa moisture tension and incubated for
30 days. Pregerminated wheat seedlings were grown for three days in the PR treated soils and the CaCO3 control. Root length was significantly (P<0.05) increased both by PR treatments and CaCO3, indicating that PR dissolution was ameliorating soil acidity. The PR treatments increased soil pH, exchangeable Ca, and
soil solution Ca while lowering exchangeable Al and 0.01 M CaCl2 extractable soil Al. Root growth in PR treatments was best described by an exponential equation (P<0.01) containing 0.01 M CaCl2 extractable Al. The PR dissolution did not reduce total soil solution Al, but did release Al complexing anions into soil
solution, which along with increased pH, shifted Al speciation from toxic to nontoxic forms. These results suggest that North
Carolina PR should contribute to amelioration of soil acidity in acidic, low CEC soils of the Appalachian region. |
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Keywords: | aluminium toxicity bioassay P-fertilizer root growth soil acidity Triticum aestivum L |
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