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Aluminium in soils and plants on the coastlands of british guiana
Author(s) -
Harris S. A.
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.2740140409
Subject(s) - aluminium , soil water , organic matter , vegetation (pathology) , environmental chemistry , acetic acid , chemistry , botany , environmental science , agronomy , soil science , biology , medicine , organic chemistry , pathology , biochemistry
Extractable aluminium (i.e., soluble in 0.5N‐acetic acid) has been determined in soils of the coastland of British Guiana and also the aluminium content of leaves of plants grown on them. It is shown that extractable aluminium in the soils depended on their organic matter content, but is not related to the aluminium contents of the leaves of natural vegetation. The aluminium contents of leaves varied much between species and also between plants growing in different soils.