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Potassium supply to cotton roots as affected by potassium fertilization and liming

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dc.creator Rosolem Ciro Antonio
dc.creator Silva Rosemeire Helena da
dc.creator Esteves José Antonio de Fátima
dc.date 2003
dc.date.accessioned 2013-05-30T06:47:44Z
dc.date.available 2013-05-30T06:47:44Z
dc.date.issued 2013-05-30
dc.identifier http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-204X2003000500012
dc.identifier http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&genre=article&issn=0100204X&date=2003&volume=38&issue=5&spage=635
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/jspui/handle/123456789/4035
dc.description Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) is known to have a high requirement for K and to be very sensitive to low soil pH. Most of K reaches plant roots by diffusion in the soil. As K interacts with Ca and Mg, liming can interfere in K movement in the soil, affecting eventually the plant nutrition. The objective of this work was to study the effect of dolomitic lime and 0, 15, 30, 45 and 60 g kg-1 of K on the supply of K to cotton roots. Cotton plants were grown up to 40 days in 5 L pots containing a Dark Red Latosol (Typic Haplusthox) with 68% and 16% of sand and clay, respectively. There was an increase in dry matter yields and in K accumulation due to K fertilization. Root interception of soil K was also increased by K application, but was not affected by lime. Mass flow and diffusion increased linearly with K levels up to 60 mg kg-1, in pots with lime. In pots without lime the amount of K reaching the roots by diffusion increased up to 45 mg kg-1, but decreased at the highest K level. Accordingly, there was more K reaching the roots through mass flow at the highest K level. This happened because there were more fine roots in pots without lime, at the highest K level. As the roots grew closer, there was a stronger root competition leading to a decrease in the amount of K diffused to cotton roots.
dc.publisher Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa)
dc.source Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira
dc.subject Gossypium hirsutum
dc.subject mass
dc.subject diffusion
dc.subject liming materials
dc.subject roots
dc.subject growth
dc.subject plant nutrition
dc.title Potassium supply to cotton roots as affected by potassium fertilization and liming


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