ISSN:
1573-0867
Keywords:
Indonesia
;
MCP
;
New Zealand
;
phosphate rock dissolution
;
phosphate rock residues
;
soil pH
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
Notes:
Abstract Laboratory studies have been undertaken to evaluate sequential extraction procedures to measure phosphate rock (PR) residues in a range of temperate (New Zealand) and tropical (Indonesian) soils. The amounts of soil and PR-P were measured by using a sequential procedure which involved pre-extraction with either 1M NaCl or 0.5M NaCl/TEA (pH 7), followed by 1M NaOH and mineral acids. The acids included varying concentrations of HCl or H2SO4 (0.5–4M) and a tri-acid mixture of HCl, HNO3 and HClO4 (5:5:7). Amounts of PR residues in the soil were estimated from increases in amounts of the acid-extractable P (Δacid-P) or Ca (Δacid-Ca) in the PR-treated over untreated soil. Amounts of PR-P residues (measured by ΔHCl-P) in New Zealand soils varying in pH and Ca levels were completely recovered (±5%) when the soils were pre-extracted with 0.5M NaCl/TEA, rather than 1M NaCl (or no pre-extraction). Pre-extraction of acid soil/PR mixtures with 1M NaCl caused dissolution of PR during the extraction. Although the ΔHCl-Ca also estimated the amount of PR residues well, particularly after a 0.5M NaCl/TEA pre-extraction, this method was less sensitive than the ΔHCl-P method, particularly in the soils with high native Ca saturation. In contrast to the high recovery obtained from the New Zealand soils, the recovery of the PR-P residues in the Indonesian soils in the HCl extracts following the 0.5M NaCl/TEA and 1M NaOH extractions were low ranging from 62 to 86%. Although increasing the concentration of HCl (upto 4M) did not cause any improvement in the recovery of PR-P, extraction with H2SO4 achieved complete recovery of PR-P. For all soils, a sequential extraction involving 0.5M NaCl/TEA-1M NaOH-0.5M H2SO4 is recommended for measuring PR residues in pairs of PR-treated and untreated field or laboratory incubated soils.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00750637
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