Nutrient Limiting Factors in Acidic Vegetable Soils

Nutrient limiting factors in acidic soils from vegetable fields of the Chongqing suburbs of China were assessed by employing the systematic approach developed by Agro Services International (ASI) including soil testing, nutrient adsorption study, and pot and field experiments to verify the results of soil testing, with a conventional soil test (CST) used for comparison. The ASI method found the moderately acidic soil (W01) to be N and P deficient; the strongly acidic soil (W04) to be N, K and S deficient; and the slightly acidic soil (W09) to be N, K, S, Cu, Mn, and Zn deficient. The CST method showed that W01 had P, B and Cu deficiencies; W04 had N, P and S deficiencies; and W09 had N, P, S, B, Cu, and Zn deficiencies. There were differences between the two methods. Among the two indicator plants selected, the response of sorghum on the three representative acidic soils was more closely related to the ASI results than that of sweet pepper.

植烟土壤养分系统研究法中不同指示作物的比较

利用土壤养分测试、吸附试验和作物盆栽试验,对张家界桑植县植烟土壤养分限制因子进行系统诊断,以便比较高粱与烤烟在指示植烟土壤养分限制因子方面所存在的差异。结果表明,桑植植烟土壤有效Ca、Fe、Mn和B含量丰富;高粱与烤烟在指示桑植植烟土壤的养分限制因子及其亏缺顺序上基本相同,即N、P、S、Cu等,故土壤养分系统研究法中高粱作为一种通用的指示作物,基本上也能作为指示植物应用于植烟土壤养分的系统研究。但两种作物不同的营养特性使其指示作用存在一定差异,为使土壤养分状况系统研究法能够更科学合理的指导生产实践,其盆栽试验所选取的指示作物最好与田间种植作物一致。