Effects of clay mineralogy and physico-chemical properties on potassium availability under soil aquic conditions

Aquic conditions performed for paddy cultivation may cause many nutritional problems. Clay mineralogical composition plays an important role in this relation by affecting many physico-chemical and biological characteristics of soils. Three forms of K including unavailable, slowly available and readi...

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Autores principales: Raheb,A, Heidari,A
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Publicado: Chilean Society of Soil Science / Sociedad Chilena de la Ciencia del Suelo 2012
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spelling oai:scielo:S0718-951620120004000092013-04-02Effects of clay mineralogy and physico-chemical properties on potassium availability under soil aquic conditionsRaheb,AHeidari,A Exchangeable K Kiwi Mineralogy Non-exchangeable K Paddy soil Smectite Vermiculite Aquic conditions performed for paddy cultivation may cause many nutritional problems. Clay mineralogical composition plays an important role in this relation by affecting many physico-chemical and biological characteristics of soils. Three forms of K including unavailable, slowly available and readily available K, exist in equilibrium in the soil system. Relationships between soil potassium forms with the clay mineralogical suite and physico-chemical properties were determined in 33 soil samples collected from five from paddy soils, two from kiwi fruit and one from citrus land pedons in the North of Iran. Mineralogical analyses showed that smectite, illite and vermiculite were the most abundant clay minerals in the studied soils. Mean soluble and exchangeable potassium in paddy soils were rather low compared to non-paddy soils due to potassium fertilization in non-paddy soils. Non-exchangeable potassium in the samples containing smectite as dominant clay mineral was lower than the samples dominated by vermiculite, hydroxy-interlayer vermiculite (HIV) and illite. Inability of the studied soils for potassium fixation was related to prevailed montmorillonitic type of smectite, which its layer charge originates from octahedral sheet. Significant correlations (0.56**, 0.54**, 0.56**) were obtained between exchangeable potassium and clay content, organic carbon and cation exchange capacity respectively. Therefore, taking into account both exchangeable and non-exchangeable K beside clay mineralogy and physico-chemical properties gives better indications for K potential and soil-quality management, compared to exchangeable form of K alone.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessChilean Society of Soil Science / Sociedad Chilena de la Ciencia del SueloJournal of soil science and plant nutrition v.12 n.4 20122012-12-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-95162012000400009en10.4067/S0718-95162012005000029
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language English
topic Exchangeable K
Kiwi
Mineralogy
Non-exchangeable K
Paddy soil
Smectite
Vermiculite
spellingShingle Exchangeable K
Kiwi
Mineralogy
Non-exchangeable K
Paddy soil
Smectite
Vermiculite
Raheb,A
Heidari,A
Effects of clay mineralogy and physico-chemical properties on potassium availability under soil aquic conditions
description Aquic conditions performed for paddy cultivation may cause many nutritional problems. Clay mineralogical composition plays an important role in this relation by affecting many physico-chemical and biological characteristics of soils. Three forms of K including unavailable, slowly available and readily available K, exist in equilibrium in the soil system. Relationships between soil potassium forms with the clay mineralogical suite and physico-chemical properties were determined in 33 soil samples collected from five from paddy soils, two from kiwi fruit and one from citrus land pedons in the North of Iran. Mineralogical analyses showed that smectite, illite and vermiculite were the most abundant clay minerals in the studied soils. Mean soluble and exchangeable potassium in paddy soils were rather low compared to non-paddy soils due to potassium fertilization in non-paddy soils. Non-exchangeable potassium in the samples containing smectite as dominant clay mineral was lower than the samples dominated by vermiculite, hydroxy-interlayer vermiculite (HIV) and illite. Inability of the studied soils for potassium fixation was related to prevailed montmorillonitic type of smectite, which its layer charge originates from octahedral sheet. Significant correlations (0.56**, 0.54**, 0.56**) were obtained between exchangeable potassium and clay content, organic carbon and cation exchange capacity respectively. Therefore, taking into account both exchangeable and non-exchangeable K beside clay mineralogy and physico-chemical properties gives better indications for K potential and soil-quality management, compared to exchangeable form of K alone.
author Raheb,A
Heidari,A
author_facet Raheb,A
Heidari,A
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title Effects of clay mineralogy and physico-chemical properties on potassium availability under soil aquic conditions
title_short Effects of clay mineralogy and physico-chemical properties on potassium availability under soil aquic conditions
title_full Effects of clay mineralogy and physico-chemical properties on potassium availability under soil aquic conditions
title_fullStr Effects of clay mineralogy and physico-chemical properties on potassium availability under soil aquic conditions
title_full_unstemmed Effects of clay mineralogy and physico-chemical properties on potassium availability under soil aquic conditions
title_sort effects of clay mineralogy and physico-chemical properties on potassium availability under soil aquic conditions
publisher Chilean Society of Soil Science / Sociedad Chilena de la Ciencia del Suelo
publishDate 2012
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-95162012000400009
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