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Ammonium fixation and release by clay minerals as influenced by potassium

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  • H.W. Scherer

    (Department of Plant Nutrition, Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany)

  • E. Feils

    (Department of Plant Nutrition, Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany)

  • P. Beuters

    (Department of Plant Nutrition, Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany)

Abstract

It is postulated that stabilized ammonium fertilizers improve fertilizer-N utilization by crops, leading thus to higher yields with the same fertilizer rate, especially on sandy soils. However, it must be taken into consideration that in clayey soil at least a part of the NH4+ ions may be fixed by 2:1 clay minerals, thus delaying the effect of the N fertilizer. Because NH4+ and K+ have similar size and valence properties and therefore compete for the same non-exchangeable sites of 2:1 clay minerals, we investigated the influence of time and K+ application rate on both fixation and release of NH4+. Fixation of NH4+ ions was higher when K+ was applied after NH4+, while the influence of the K+ application rate was less pronounced. Mobilization of non-exchangeable NH4+ was retarded when K+ was applied at the high rate after NH4+. At the first harvest yield formation of ryegrass was neither influenced by the amount as well as the application time of K+, because plant available N was not growth limiting, while yield of the second harvest was significantly higher with the low K+ application rate after NH4+. After the second harvest the blocking effect of K+ on the release of non-exchangeable NH4+ was attenuated and the highest yields of the third cut were reached in the treatments with the high K+ application rate after NH4+. Total dry matter yield was highest when K+ was applied at the low rate after NH4+. Our results show that K+ governs fixation and release of non-exchangeable NH4+, which should be taken into consideration when applying ammonium containing N fertilizers like ammonium sulfate, ammonium sulfate nitrate and ENTEC. Thus K+ can affect N availability when N is applied as NH4+ in both the short and long term.

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  • H.W. Scherer & E. Feils & P. Beuters, 2014. "Ammonium fixation and release by clay minerals as influenced by potassium," Plant, Soil and Environment, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 60(7), pages 325-331.
    • Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlpse:v:60:y:2014:i:7:id:202-2014-pse
    DOI: 10.17221/202/2014-PSE
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    1. P. Beuters & H.W. Scherer, 2012. "Modification of the standard method for determination of non-exchangeable NH4-N in soil," Plant, Soil and Environment, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 58(12), pages 557-560.
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    1. Soni Isnaini & Maryati & A. Arivin Rivaie, 2023. "Comparison of potassium quantity-intensity relationships in tropical paddy soil under tillage and no-tillage systems after fifteen growing seasons," Plant, Soil and Environment, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 69(1), pages 1-9.

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