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The use of boron isotopes to evaluate boron uptake by rape grown in acid soil treated with boron containing goethite
Author(s) -
He Jun,
Cui Jingzhen,
Zhu Duanwei,
Zhou Wenbing,
Liao Shuijiao,
Geng Mingjian
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of plant nutrition and soil science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.644
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1522-2624
pISSN - 1436-8730
DOI - 10.1002/jpln.201400336
Subject(s) - goethite , boron , chemistry , ultisol , environmental chemistry , adsorption , soil water , allophane , nuclear chemistry , clay minerals , mineralogy , geology , soil science , organic chemistry
Boron (B), taken up by plants, comes mainly from boron adsorbed by soil constituents, in particular by metal hydrous oxides, organic matter, and edges of clay minerals. The extent and availability of B adsorbed or occluded by soil minerals is unknown due to the lack of a methodology for probing activity of this type of boron. In this study, 10 B labeled boron‐containing goethites, i.e. , goethite with adsorbed B (ad‐B‐goethite) and occluded B (oc‐B‐goethite), were added individually to an Ultisol for pot experiments to probe soil B bioavailability. The fraction of soil B extracted from B‐containing goethite showed a sigmoidal extraction pattern similar to that of B adsorbed on soil minerals. The rape seedling uptake of B from ad‐B‐goethite treatment of soil was close to that from soil background (50%), while that from oc‐B‐goethite treatment of soil was about 66%. The B absorbed from both B‐containing goethite and soil was mainly accumulated in the shoot; less than a tenth of the B was accumulated in the root. In summary, the behavior of B in B‐containing goethite was generally similar to that of soil B, indicating that B containing goethite can be used to probe migration of B from soil to plant.