Abstract
The desorption and solubilization characteristics of scoria tuff, a volcanic material used as growth substrate under protected environments and in the open fields were determined following two years of rose growing, and compared with uncropped fertigated tuff and with original, unfertigated tuff. Rose growing in the tuff increased the tuff's water-soluble P, Ca and Mg concentrations and decreased the Al and Si concentrations, compared with plantless and intact tuff sources. It is suggested that these changes stemmed from accumulation of soluble organic compounds exuded by roots or released from decomposing dead roots in the cultivated tuff.
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Abbreviations
- EC:
-
electrical conductivity
- I:
-
ionic-strength
- T0 :
-
unused tuff
- Tf :
-
tuff exposed to fertigation solution in the absence of plants
- Tp :
-
tuff exposed to fertigation solution in the presence of plants
- OCP:
-
octacalcium-phosphate
- βTCP:
-
βtricalcium-phosphate
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Contribution from the Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani center, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel; No. 1829 E, 1996 series.
Contribution from the Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani center, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel; No. 1829 E, 1996 series.
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Silber, A., Raviv, M. Effects on chemical surface properties of tuff by growing rose plants. Plant Soil 186, 353–360 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02415530
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