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A short-term pot experiment was conducted to study the effects of liming on nutrient availability to maize plants grown in two acid Ultisols (Ustoxic Paleustult and Oxic Paleudult). Optimum P availability occurred between pH 5 and 6. Liming depressed uptake of Mg, Mn, and Zn by the plants. Maize grown in the Ustoxic Paleustult showed severe Mn deficiency when the soil was limed to near neutrality even though a moderate amount of Mn was applied.
A laboratory incubation experiment showed that liming resulted in sharp decreases in soluble Mg, Mn and Zn in the soil, whereas the soluble K level was only slightly affected.
Inadequate Ca supply appeared to be a more important factor affecting plant growth and nutrient uptake than Al toxicity in the coarse-textured Ultisols.
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Juo, A.S.R., Uzu, F.O. Liming and nutrient interactions in two Ultisols from Southern Nigeria. Plant Soil 47, 419–430 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00011500
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