The ameliorative effects of low-grade palygorskite on acidic soil
Jin-Hua Yuan
A B C , Sheng-Zhe E A B and Zong-Xian Che A B
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A Institute of Soil, Fertilizer and Water-saving Agriculture, Gansu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730070, China.
B Gansu Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of Agro-Environment and Arable Land Conservation, Ministry of Agriculture, Lanzhou 730070, China.
C Corresponding author. Email: yuanjinhua@gsagr.ac.cn
Soil Research 58(4) 411-419 https://doi.org/10.1071/SR19178
Submitted: 5 July 2019 Accepted: 19 December 2019 Published: 30 January 2020
Abstract
Mineral composition and alkaline properties of palygorskite (Pal), and its ameliorative effects on chemical properties of acid soil were investigated. Dolomite was the main form of alkali in Pal and the acid neutralisation capacity of Pal was 215 cmol kg–1. Incubation experiments indicated that Pal incorporation increased soil pH, cation exchange capacity, base saturation and exchangeable K+, Na+, Ca2+ and Mg2+ contents, and decreased the levels of exchangeable H+, Al3+ and acidity, over a 1-year period. The ameliorative mechanisms were the dissolution of major alkaline matter in Pal (i.e. dolomite), and the exchange between released Ca2+ and Mg2+ with H+ in acidic soil. Hence, Pal can be used as a moderate acidic soil amendment.
Additional keywords: base cations, dolomite, gypsum, soil pH, Ultisol.
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