Wednesday, November 15, 2006
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Effect of Soil Applied Phosphate and Plant Growth on Soil Cation Exchange Capacity.

Morteza Javadi, Columbus State Community College, Biological and Physical Sciences Department, 550 East Spring St, Columbus, OH 43215, Hamidreza Honari, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Environmental Health Engineering Department, Enghelab St, Tehran, Iran, and Zohreh Javadi, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Environmental Health Engineering Department, Alvand Ave, Tehran, Iran.

Cation exchange capacity of soil is dependent on soil pH. Application of triplesuperphosphate to enhance plant growth will affect concentration and availability of phosphorus in soil and plant tissue. Adsorption and precipitation of phosphorus may influence soil pH, and soil cation exchange capacity. Removal and uptake of a portion of the soil available phosphorus by the plant may affect the above process. In a triplicate pot experiment containing wheat seeds, rates of triplesuperphosphate, equivalent to 0 mg/kg, 125 mg/kg, and 250 mg/kg of elemental phosphorus were applied. Further soil and plant tissue elemental analysis will allow to establish a correlation between soil available phosphorus, pH, phosphorus removal/uptake, and soil cation exchange capacity.