most plants are able to increase soil phosphorus availability by exuding some compounds such as organic acids when they experience phosphorous deficiency. considering this special ability of plants, the main purpose of the present research was to investigate if application of organic acids may increase p availability in soil. therefore, a greenhouse experiment was conducted with five treatments...

iron is an essential microelement for plant growth. low content of organic matter and excess application of phosphate fertilizer in soils can be affected on availability of iron. in this study the effect of iron, phosphorus and organic matter on growth and iron uptake of mays was evaluated. a greenhouse experiment was conducted with two levels of cattle manure (0 and 1 %), three levels of phosp...

application of sulfur as a means of lowering soil ph (even if at micro sites) is one way to increase the availability of insoluble nutrients/ effectiveness of elemental sulfur in lowering soil ph depends on the activity of sulfur oxidizing bacteria especially, thiobacillus genus/ to evaluate the possibility of partially substituting sulfur along thiobacillus inoculum for phosphorus and micronut...

Since the publication by GILBERT (3) of the colorimetric method for the determination of nitrate nitrogen, phosphate, and potash in plant juices, several workers have presented criticisms and modifications of this method as applied to nitrates. These include particularly HOLTZ and LARSON (7) and EMMERT (2). Considerable work has been done in this laboratory on this particular determination and ...

Extraordinary importance of Date-Palm, Phoenix dactylifera especially ‘Piarom’ variety and also undeniable effect of nitrogen and phosphorus on yield and quality of this product, caused this research to be accomplished. The research was performed during two years on 72 (4*3*3*2=72 trees) fruitful, 12 years old trees in Hormozgan province. Treatments were consisted of four levels of nitrogen (0,...

background: eutrophication is one of the detrimental environmental problems in water reservoirs dye to the irregular introducing nutrients (phosphorus and nitrogen). this study aimed to explore the eutrophication state of ekbatan reservoir, hamadan, western iran. methods: monthly sampling was conducted during april 2010 to march 2011. seven sampling stations were selected in the various locatio...

in this study the filtration rate of nitrogen and phosphorus components by swan mussel anodonta cygnea in a closed system was investigated. the system was built of a 100 liters main tank and 4 recipients of 2.5 liters each (one of these as control) and one tank for returning of water. three treatments of different concentrations of nitrogen (80, 100 and 200 mg/l) and of phosphorus (20, 40 and 6...