Abstract
Vigna parkeri, a tropical forage legume, is difficult to establish on acid soils. The effects of lime (0, 3.4, 6.8, and 10.2 Mg CaCO3 ha−1) and P (0, 25, 50, and 75 kg P ha−1) on establishment of V. parkeri on an acid (pH 4.4), infertile spodosol were evaluated. In a greenhouse study, the increasing CaCO3 rates resulted in soil pH levels 4.4, 5.8, 6.4, and 6.6, respectively. Both shoot and root weights responded quadratically to CaCO3 (P < 0.001) with highest shoot and root mass at 3.4 Mg CaCO3 ha−1. This level of CaCO3 resulted in shoot-dry-mass gains of 245% over the unlimed control and 62% and 49%, respectively, over the 6.8 and 10.2 Mg CaCO3 ha−1 rates. Root mass at 3.4 Mg ha−1 was 176, 48 and 73% greater than root mass at the 0, 6.8, and 10.2 Mg CaCO3 ha−1 rates, respectively. Shoot-tissue concentrations of Mn, Fe, Ca, and Mg responded quadratically (P < 0.001) to increasing rates of CaCO3, while Zn decreased linearly (P < 0.001). Total shoot N was increased by 3.4 Mg CaCO3 ha−1 and not changed by additional CaCO3 increments. Phosphorus did not affect yield. A field study confirmed plant response to 3.4 Mg CaCO3 ha−1, although higher rates of lime did not reduce plant growth. Phosphorus had no effect on plant establishment. The lack of response to P treatments in this study may be due to a low external-P requirement for the plant and the presence of large organic and inorganic-P fractions in the soil. Liming acid soils to a pH of 5.4 to 5.8 is important for the establishment of V. parkeri.
Key words
- forage
- legume
- organic-P
- pH
- rhizobium
- VA mycorrhiza
Florida Agricultural Experiment Station. Journal Series No R-00748.
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O’Donnell, J.J., Rechcigl, J.E., Pitman, W.D., Sylvia, D.M. (1991). Establishment and growth of Vigna parkeri on an acid Florida spodosol in response to lime and phosphorus. In: Wright, R.J., Baligar, V.C., Murrmann, R.P. (eds) Plant-Soil Interactions at Low pH. Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences, vol 45. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3438-5_55
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