Zinc and Copper Release Kinetics in a Calcareous Soil amended with Manure and Vermicompost

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

• hamid reza motaghian
• alireza hosseinpuor
• Shahram Kiani

Shahrekord University

https://doi.org/10.22067/jsw.v30i2.42565

Abstract

Introduction: Use of organic fertilizers such as vermicompost in agricultural soils with low organic matter content is almost considered as a one way for adding nutrients in these soils. However, application of these fertilizers may affect micronutrient release characteristics. Micronutrient release Kinetics in soils especially in amended soils give information about potential of amended soils to release these elements into solution. Although it is important to study kinetics of micronutrient release from soils to identify soil micronutrients buffering capacity, little attention has been paid to micronutrients desorption rate studies especially in amended soils. The rate of release micronutrients from soil solid phase by considering micronutrients as adsorbed ions or in mineral forms is an important parameter in nutrition of plants by microelements and a dynamic factor that regulates its continuous supply to growing plants; nonetheless, little attention has been paid to micronutrients kinetics inrelease studies.
Material and Methods: In this study, kinetics of zinc (Zn) and copper (Cu) were compared in one calcareous soil amended with 0, 0.5, and 1% (w/w) of manure and vermicompost in a completely randomized design and then amended and un-amended soils were incubated at field capacity, for 30 days. After incubation period, amended and un-amended soils were air-dried and were prepared to kinetics study. Kinetics of Zn and Cu release were studied by successive extraction with DTPA-TEA solution. Two grams of the amended and un-amended soils, in triplicate, suspended in 20 ml DTPA-TEA solution were equilibrated at 25±10C for 1, 8, 24, 48, 72, 96, 120, 144, 168, 336 and 504 h by shaking for 15 min. before incubation and 15 min. before the suspensions were centrifuged. Seven drops of toluene were added to each 1000 ml of extractant to inhibit microbial activity. Zinc and copper desorption with time was fitted by using different equations (Zero-order, First-order, Parabolic diffusion, Simplified Elovich, and Power function).
Results and Discussion: Results showed that released Zn in soils amended with manure and vermicompost compared to control soil significantly increased (p0.05) and released Cu in soil amended with vermicompost decreased significantly (p

Keywords

• Micronutrient
• Organic fertilizer
• Power Function
• Succecive Extraction

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