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The Effect of Soil Clay Content on Phosphorus Uptake
Author(s) -
Baldovinos Francisco,
Thomas Grant W.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
soil science society of america journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1435-0661
pISSN - 0361-5995
DOI - 10.2136/sssaj1967.03615995003100050020x
Subject(s) - soil water , clay soil , calcareous , phosphorus , phaseolus , calcareous soils , chemistry , clay minerals , environmental science , agronomy , soil science , mineralogy , botany , biology , organic chemistry
Observations have been made that plants remove more P from soil high in clay than from sandy soils at a similar level of P. These observations led to a study of P uptake by snap beans ( Phaseolus vulgaris ) as a function of clay content of the soil. Three Virginia soils, with 10, 22.5 and 63.5% clay, were used. Snap beans were grown in a growth chamber and the tops were analyzed for P. It was found that the amount of P absorbed by the plants at a given soil solution level increased with clay content. The similarity of the results with acid soils to those obtained with calcareous soils by Olsen and Watanabe suggested that their prediction value for uptake might be employed. The agreement between relative uptake and predicted relative uptake was rather good. Clay content is indicated as a prime factor in P availability.