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The effect of the size of soil aggregates on nutrient supply

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

I. S. Cornforth
I. S. Cornforth
Affiliation:
Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Herts
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Summary

Soil aggregates of different sizes, separated by sieving, and artificial aggregates stabilized by a chemical conditioner were used to study the effect of particle size on the uptake of nitrogen and phosphorus by plants growing in pots. Phosphate uptake was consistently less from the coarser than from the finer fractions of soil. The uptake of nitrate was also greater from smaller than from larger aggregates, despite its mobility in soil moisture.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 70 , Issue 1 , February 1968 , pp. 83 - 85
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1968

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