Effects of clay amendment on adsorption and desorption of copper in water repellent soils
X. Xiong A , F. Stagnitti B H , G. Allinson B , N. Turoczy B , P. Li A , M. LeBlanc B , M. A. Cann C , S. H. Doerr D , T. S. Steenhuis E , J.-Y. Parlange E , G. de Rooij F , C. J. Ritsema G and L. W. Dekker GA Department of Pollution Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, 110016, P.R. China.
B School of Ecology and Environment, Deakin University, PO Box 423, Warrnambool, Vic. 3280, Australia.
C Primary Industries and Resources, Struan, Naracoorte, SA 5271, Australia.
D Department of Geography, University of Wales, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK.
E Environmental and Biological Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
F Wageningen University, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, Sub-Dept. Water Resources. Nieuwe Kanaal 11, 6709 PA Wageningen, The Netherlands.
G Alterra-Green World Research, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands.
H Corresponding frank.stagnitti@deakin.edu.au
Australian Journal of Soil Research 43(3) 397-402 https://doi.org/10.1071/SR04088
Submitted: 25 June 2004 Accepted: 24 December 2004 Published: 25 May 2005
Abstract
Copper is an important micronutrient and trace amounts are essential for crop growth. However, high concentrations of copper will produce toxic effects. Australia is increasingly developing production of crops in water repellent soils. Clay amendment, a common amelioration techniques used in Australia, has demonstrated agronomic benefits in increased crop or pasture production. The sorption and desorption of copper and the effect of clay treatment on copper behaviour in a water repellent soil collected from an experimental farm in South Australia is studied. We found that the water repellent soils amended with clay have an increased adsorption capacity of copper. Also the clay-amended soils had an increased ratio of specific sorption to total sorption of copper. The implications of this study to the sustainable agro-environmental management of water repellent soils is discussed.
Additional keywords: copper, sorption, desorption, water repellent soils, clay amendment.
Acknowledgments
The research was supported by the Australian Research Council Large Grant Schemes #A10014154 and A89701825, the National Basic Research program of China (973 Program 2004CB418506), the National Developing Project of Research on Advanced Technologies 2004AA649060, the Key Project of Chinese National Natural Science Foundation Grants 20337010, the Project of Chinese National Natural Science Foundation Grants 20277040, and EU Project FAIR contract number CT98-4027. The authors wish to sincerely acknowledge farmer Colin Kubenk for help and access to his farm. The authors also wish to acknowledge with gratitude the comments and suggestions of 2 anonymous reviewers.
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