Reducing Phosphorus Use for Sweet Corn Grown on Calcareous Gravelly Soils

Development of an alternative to the olsen test for determining corn plant-available phosphorus in calcareous soils

In this research, several chemical extractants and modified Olsen methods were studied in 25 surface-calcareous soils (0-30 cm) for determining available phosphorus (P) for corn (Zea mays L.) plant. In this experiment, the highest correlation was obtained between extracted P by Olsen and Colwell methods (NaHCO3-extractable P) and dry weight of corn shoot (r =0.67 and 0.75, p

Use of worn-out automobile tires as a source of zinc for corn plants in calcareous soils

Percolation Phosphorus Losses in Calcareous Furrow-irrigated Soils

Groundwater seepage contributes to irrigation return flows and surface waters. Knowledge of phosphorus (P) concentrations and loads in percolation water that enters the vadose zone and groundwater is necessary to assess and manage water quality. We measured the P in water leached below the crop root zone in a furrow-irrigated Pormeuf silt loam. Vacuum operated percolation samplers were used to ...

feasibility study of phosphorus buffering capacity (pbc) application for estimation of corn available phosphorus in some calcareous soils

abstract in this study, p critical level for corn plant (zea mays l.) was determined using pbc in 25 combined soils samples from different fields of east azerbaijan province. to calculate the pbc, current soil p test methods such olsen,colwel, soltanpur and schowab, kelna2 and iron impregnated strips as a quantity factor (q) and the methods of soluble p measurements such as distilled water, cal...

Relationship of soil test phosphorus and sampling depth to runoff phosphorus in calcareous and noncalcareous soils.

A study was initiated to investigate the relationship between soil test P and depth of soil sampling with runoff losses of dissolved molybdate reactive phosphorus (DMRP). Rainfall simulations were conducted on two noncalcareous soils, a Windthorst sandy loam (fine, mixed, thermic Udic Paleustalf) and a Blanket clay loam (fine, mixed, thermic Pachic Argiustoll), and two calcareous soils, a Purve...