ISSN:
1573-5036
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
Notes:
Summary Laboratory incubation and pot culture experiments conducted with five laterite, two red, two alluvial and one calcareous black, rice-growing soils showed that the power of extraction of silica both from dry and wet soils was in the descending order 0.2 N HCl, 0.025 M citric acid, N NaOAc at pH 4 and distilled water. Flooding increased the silica extracted by these four extractants which reached a peak in 20 days after which there was either no change or a slight decrease during the next forty days. The silica content and uptake in the crop was low in all except the black soil. The silica content of the dry-season crop was higher than that of the wet-season crop possibly because of more favourable climatic conditions prevailing during dry season which enhanced absorption. Correlation studies between silica extracted by different solutions both in dry and flooded soils and content and uptake of silica by the rice plant indicated that 0.025 M citric acid was the best extractant which could be used in the evaluation of the silicon supplying power of rice soils. re]19761012
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00011505
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