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Determination of Inorganic Sulfate in Foliage with Barium Chloranilate
Author(s) -
Richter D. D.,
Johnson D. W.
Publication year - 1983
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/sssaj1983.03615995004700030026x
Subject(s) - sulfate , barium sulfate , chemistry , barium , sulfur , environmental chemistry , salt (chemistry) , deciduous , botany , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , biology
Foliage samples were extracted in 0.01 M HCl at room temperature and extracts analyzed indirectly for sulfate (SO 2‐ 4 ) with a barium chloranilate procedure. The method was tested with foliage of coniferous and deciduous tree species, and sulfate recovery was comparable to that obtained by hydriodic acid reduction. Similar amounts of sulfate were recovered from foliage by both acid and salt extractions, and it was concluded that foliar sulfate in the species tested was inorganic and did not include appreciable amounts of hydrolyzable organic sulfates. The barium chloranilate procedure requires equipment available to most soil and plant analysis laboratories and can be readily applied in evaluating sulfur nutrition in plant‐soil systems.