Author:
Moody P. W.,Dickson T.,Aitken R. L.
Abstract
Maize (Zea mays) grain yield responses to rates of lime
were measured at 19 sites onseveral soil types in south-east Queensland. At
some sites, one rate of gypsum or phosphogypsum was also applied. Relative
grain yield (100 mean yield of nil lime treatment/maximum yield) was
correlated with each of soil pH (1 : 5 water and 1 : 5 0·01 M
CaCl2), soil solution pH, exchangeable (1 M KCl) Al, exchangeable (1 M
NH4Cl) Ca, Al saturation of the effective cation
exchange capacity (ECEC), Ca saturation of the ECEC, and 0·01 M
CaCl2 extractable Mn and Al. Across all soil types,
Mitscherlich fits indicated that most of the variation in relative grain yield
was accounted for by either Ca saturation
(R2 = 0·62) or soil
solution pH (R2 =
0·61), although soil pH(water)
(R2 =0·53), Al
saturation (R2 =
0·46), exchangeable Ca (R2
= 0·42), soil pH(CaCl2)
(R2 = 0·40), and
CaCl2-extractable Mn
(R2 = 0·33) also
accounted for significant (P < 0·05) amounts
of variation.
These results demonstrate that one or both of Al and Mn toxicities were having
an impact on yieldat different sites. The contrast between the lack of
responses to gypsum/phosphogypsum at mostlime responsive sites and the
observation that Ca saturation was well correlated with relative grainyield
suggested an ameliorating effect of Ca on Al toxicity. This effect was
captured by an index,Al saturation/Ca saturation, which was well
correlated with relative grain yield
(R2 = 0·66 for a
Mitscherlich fit).
A step-up regression approach indicated that most variation in relative grain
yield (RY) could beaccounted for by the following equation:
The assessment of factors likely to limit yield on strongly acidic soils of
the region will therefore needto include indices of Al and Mn toxicities as
well as Ca status.
Soil pH integrated the effects of these factors on yield, and as a single
index, was shown to bean effective diagnostic tool. Relative grain yields of
90% were associated with pH values in the soil solution, 1 : 5 water
and 1 : 5 0·01 M CaCl2 of 4·5, 5·2,
and 4·4, respectively.
Subject
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
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