Potassium status of some selected soils under different land-use systems in the subhumid zone of Nigeria

Twenty surface soils (0 to 15 cm), selected to represent a wide range of available potassium (K) status and three different land-use systems (fodder bank, continously fertilized cropped land and fallow land) across the subhumid zone of Nigeria, were used for the investigation. Laboratory and greenho...

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Autores principales: Tening, A.S., Omueti, J.A.I., Tarawali, G., Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Informa UK Limited 1995
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/28423
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author Tening, A.S.
Omueti, J.A.I.
Tarawali, G.
Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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Omueti, J.A.I.
Tarawali, G.
Tening, A.S.
author_facet Tening, A.S.
Omueti, J.A.I.
Tarawali, G.
Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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description Twenty surface soils (0 to 15 cm), selected to represent a wide range of available potassium (K) status and three different land-use systems (fodder bank, continously fertilized cropped land and fallow land) across the subhumid zone of Nigeria, were used for the investigation. Laboratory and greenhouse studies were carried out to assess their K status. Available, non-exchangeable, and total K were determined. The supplying power of the soils was assessed by exhaustive cropping in the greenhouse using Stylosanthes hamata cVerano as the indicator plant. While 75 percent of fodder banks sampled had available K less than 0.20 cmol/kg, only 50 percent and 13 percent of continuously fertilized cropped and fallow lands, respectively, had available K less than 0.20 cmol/kg. Potassium weathering coefficient was highest at the lowest exchangeable K and highest (calcium (Ca) + magnesium (Mg))/K ratio. Total K ranged from 2.30 to 47.06 cmol/kg, with available K forming 1.47 percent of the total K. The amount of non-exchangeable K released and taken up by stylo plant accounted for 23.3 to 83.6 percent of the total K uptake.
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spelling CGSpace284232024-05-01T08:16:14Z Potassium status of some selected soils under different land-use systems in the subhumid zone of Nigeria Tening, A.S. Omueti, J.A.I. Tarawali, G. Mohamed-Saleem, M.A. subhumid zones potassium soil land use chemicophysical properties dry matter content Twenty surface soils (0 to 15 cm), selected to represent a wide range of available potassium (K) status and three different land-use systems (fodder bank, continously fertilized cropped land and fallow land) across the subhumid zone of Nigeria, were used for the investigation. Laboratory and greenhouse studies were carried out to assess their K status. Available, non-exchangeable, and total K were determined. The supplying power of the soils was assessed by exhaustive cropping in the greenhouse using Stylosanthes hamata cVerano as the indicator plant. While 75 percent of fodder banks sampled had available K less than 0.20 cmol/kg, only 50 percent and 13 percent of continuously fertilized cropped and fallow lands, respectively, had available K less than 0.20 cmol/kg. Potassium weathering coefficient was highest at the lowest exchangeable K and highest (calcium (Ca) + magnesium (Mg))/K ratio. Total K ranged from 2.30 to 47.06 cmol/kg, with available K forming 1.47 percent of the total K. The amount of non-exchangeable K released and taken up by stylo plant accounted for 23.3 to 83.6 percent of the total K uptake. 1995-03 2013-05-06T07:00:35Z 2013-05-06T07:00:35Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/28423 en Limited Access Informa UK Limited Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis;26(5&6): 657-672
spellingShingle subhumid zones
potassium
soil
land use
chemicophysical properties
dry matter content
Tening, A.S.
Omueti, J.A.I.
Tarawali, G.
Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
Potassium status of some selected soils under different land-use systems in the subhumid zone of Nigeria
title Potassium status of some selected soils under different land-use systems in the subhumid zone of Nigeria
title_full Potassium status of some selected soils under different land-use systems in the subhumid zone of Nigeria
title_fullStr Potassium status of some selected soils under different land-use systems in the subhumid zone of Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Potassium status of some selected soils under different land-use systems in the subhumid zone of Nigeria
title_short Potassium status of some selected soils under different land-use systems in the subhumid zone of Nigeria
title_sort potassium status of some selected soils under different land use systems in the subhumid zone of nigeria
topic subhumid zones
potassium
soil
land use
chemicophysical properties
dry matter content
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/28423
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