Is the Alkalinity within Agricultural Residues Soluble
A laboratory experiment was carried out to determine the contribution of whole residues of canola, chickpea and wheat and their fractions (insoluble/soluble) to soil pH changes during a 14day incubation. Residues were added (1% w/w) to Frankston and shepparton soils of initial pH of 4.45 and 6.20, respectively. Increases in pH were greatest for chickpea, less for canola and the least for wheat. The experiment confirmed that the soluble fraction of residues is important for the alkalinity release within initial stages of decomposition and also the source of components responsible for pH decreases in subsequent incubation, However, the relative differences of whole residues and the fractions were influenced by the initial soil pH.
pH Soluble alkalinity Agricultural residues
Clayton R Butterly Jeffrey A Baldock Jianming Xu Caixian Tang
Department of Agricultural Sciences,LaTrobe University,Melbourne 3086,Australia CSIRO Land and Water,PMB 2,Glen Osmond 5064,Australia Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Subtropical Soil and Plant Nutrition,College of Environmental
国际会议
杭州
英文
314-316
2009-10-10(万方平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)