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Determination of plant-available micronutrients by the Mehlich 3 soil extractant - a proposal of critical values

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  • J. Zbíral

    (Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture, National Reference Laboratory, Brno, Czech Republic)

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Soil testing in the Czech Republic is based on the use of the Mehlich 3 method for determination of macronutrients and diethylentriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA) and hot-water extraction for determination of micronutrients. Since inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometers have become commonly used in soil testing laboratories, Mehlich 3 extractant could be used very effectively also for a simultaneous micronutrient determination. To take full advantage of the universal Mehlich 3 extractant, new criteria for evaluation of the content of micronutrients in this extractant are needed. The criteria presented in this study were obtained by a simple calculation of criteria from the relationships between the Mehlich 3 extractant and the extraction methods for which the criteria were available (DTPA for copper, zinc, manganese, iron and hot-water extraction for boron). The first calculated estimates of the criteria were pre-validated and slightly adjusted to minimize the difference between the frequency of the samples in each category after determination and evaluation by the compared methods. Further adjustment of the presented critical values with respect to the field and pot experiments will be necessary in the future.

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  • J. Zbíral, 2016. "Determination of plant-available micronutrients by the Mehlich 3 soil extractant - a proposal of critical values," Plant, Soil and Environment, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 62(11), pages 527-531.
    • Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlpse:v:62:y:2016:i:11:id:564-2016-pse
    DOI: 10.17221/564/2016-PSE
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