The influence of special natural amendments based on zeolite tuff and different lime materials on some soil chemical properties

A. Butorac, M. Mesić, T. Filipan, J. Butorac, F. Bašić and I. Kisić
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A. Butorac: Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Croatia
M. Mesić: Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Croatia
T. Filipan: Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Croatia
J. Butorac: Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Croatia
F. Bašić: Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Croatia
I. Kisić: Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Plant, Soil and Environment, 2002, vol. 48, issue 3, 133-139

Abstract: This paper deals with the changes in soil active acidity, mobile aluminium, base saturation, iron and manganese under the influence of quicklime (QL), mixture of soft lithothamnian limestone (SLL) and dolomite (D), and special natural amendments (SNA) based on zeolite tuff. Investigations were carried out on pseudogley of mesoelevations, dystric. The four-year trial was set up according to the Latin rectangle method with 18 trial treatments in four replications. While SNA based on zeolite tuff had little effect on changes of the studied parameters, traditional lime materials (LM), owing also to the fact that they were applied at several times higher rates, had a very positive effect. Soil acidity, iron and manganese were reduced under their influence, mobile aluminium, particularly under their higher rate, was fully blocked or reduced within tolerable limits, and base saturation was raised to a satisfactory level. Effects of SNA depended on the ratio of zeolite tuff and the lime component in them. It could be presupposed that their main efficiency happened in the domain of ion exchange with a positive impact on soil fertility.

Keywords: lime material; special natural amendments; zeolite tuff; Agrarvital; soil chemical properties (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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