Effect of Potassium Application Rates on Sugarcane Yield in Soils with Different Non-Exchangeable Potassium Reserves and Fixation Capacity
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Trial Sites
2.2. Soil Characteristics
2.3. Trial Establishment and Treatments
2.4. Soil and Leaf Sampling
2.5. Harvesting
2.6. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Determinant | Cutanic Acrisol | Umbric Acrisol | |
---|---|---|---|
pH (CaCl2) | 5.31 | 4.60 | |
AMBIC (a) extractable cations (cmolc·kg−1) | K | 0.25 | 0.25 |
Ca | 10.82 | 5.14 | |
Mg | 6.50 | 1.07 | |
Na | 0.30 | 0.04 | |
P (mg kg−1) | 37 | 64 | |
Si (mg kg−1) | 28 | 18 | |
Exchangeable Acidity (cmolc kg−1) | 0.01 | 0.21 | |
Total cations (b) (cmolc kg−1) | 17.88 | 6.71 | |
Reserve-K (mg kg−1) | 3.84 | 0.58 | |
KRF (c) (kg K ha−1 per unit soil test) | 4.44 | 3.24 | |
Total organic carbon (%) | 0.73 | 2.45 | |
Clay (%) | 35 | 33 |
Umfolozi (Cutanic Acrisol) | Doringkop (Umbric Acrisol) | ||
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Date | Activity | Date | Activity |
December 2012 | Plant crop harvested | November 2011 | (1) Planting |
January 2013 | (1) Trial commenced (2) N, P, and K application (3) Basal applications | December 2011 | (1) N and K application (2) Basal applications |
April 2013 | Leaf sampling | March 2012 | Leaf sampling |
November 2013 | Flooding interfered first ratoon harvesting | May 2013 | (1) Plant crop harvested (2) Soil sampling for first ratoon |
December 2013 | N application | October 2013 | N and K application |
March 2014 | Leaf sampling | January 2014 | Leaf sampling |
November 2014 | Second ratoon harvested | September 2014 | First ratoon harvested |
December 2014 | Soil sampling for third ratoon | October 2014 | (1) Soil sampling for second ratoon (2) N and K application |
January 2015 | (1) N, P, and K application (2) Basal application | March 2015 | Leaf sampling |
February 2015 | Leaf sampling | May 2016 | (1) Second ratoon harvested (2) Soil sampling for third ratoon |
October 2015 | Third ratoon harvested | ||
December 2015 | (1) Soil sampling for fourth ratoon (2) N, P, and K application | ||
April 2016 | Leaf sampling | ||
November 2016 | (1) Fourth ratoon harvested (2) Soil sampling for fifth ratoon |
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Elephant, D.E.; Miles, N.; Muchaonyerwa, P. Effect of Potassium Application Rates on Sugarcane Yield in Soils with Different Non-Exchangeable Potassium Reserves and Fixation Capacity. Agronomy 2023, 13, 1969. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13081969
Elephant DE, Miles N, Muchaonyerwa P. Effect of Potassium Application Rates on Sugarcane Yield in Soils with Different Non-Exchangeable Potassium Reserves and Fixation Capacity. Agronomy. 2023; 13(8):1969. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13081969
Chicago/Turabian StyleElephant, Dimpho Elvis, Neil Miles, and Pardon Muchaonyerwa. 2023. "Effect of Potassium Application Rates on Sugarcane Yield in Soils with Different Non-Exchangeable Potassium Reserves and Fixation Capacity" Agronomy 13, no. 8: 1969. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13081969