Abstract
Laboratory and greenhouse research was conducted to study effects of soil properties on the availability of native and applied B in 14 Virginia soils. Boron absorption could be described by the Langmuir equation in 12 of the 14 soils, and maximum B adsorption (Vmax) in these 12 soils ranged from 3.3 to 26.5 mg kg−1. A multiple regression equation, −19.3+3.51 pH+0.048 clay content, accounted for 89.6% of the variation in Vmax for the 12 soils. Curvilinear relationships (α=0.01) occurred between B in corn (Zea mays L.) tissue from native B and hot-water soluble B, mannitol exchangeable B, and NH4-acetate and Mehlich III extractable B. Among these four procedures, mannitol exchangeable B correlated most closely (r=0.923) with B in corn tissue from native B. From 0.4 to 13.5% of the applied B was absorbed by corn plants and translocated to shoots. Curvilinear relationships (α=0.01) occurred between B in corn tissue from applied B and soil clay content, NH4-oxalate extractable Al and Fe, and acidified NH2OH·HCl extractable Mn. It is evident from these relationships that soil clay and oxyhydroxides of Al, Fe, and Mn have an affinity to adsorb B in somewhat unavailable forms.
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Jin, JY., Martens, D.C. & Zelazny, L.W. Plant availability of applied and native boron in soils with diverse properties. Plant Soil 105, 127–132 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02371150
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