Evaluation of Some Soil Tests to Extract Many of The Available Micronutrients in The Egyptian Soils

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1 Soil and Agri. Chemistry Dept. Faculty of Agriculture (Saba Basha) Alexandria University

2 Postgraduate student

Abstract

Three extractions were used to assess the availability of micronutrients in different soil collections. The suitability of some extractions under the conditions of Egyptian soils will be discussed. Three extraction methods (Mehlic 3, Soltanpour and Kelowna) were used for the determination of available Fe, Zn, Mn, Cu and B content of the soil samples (sand,calcareous and clay) during 2020 season. Surface soil samples (0-30 cm) were collected from three sites of Al Boston area in the new Nobaria, Governorate, Egypt, during 2020 season. From each selected plot, ten points were selected in a zig-zag path. The results revealed that the highest values of available Fe, Zn and Cu were given with the extraction solution of Soltanpour, while the highest values of available Mn and B were given with the extraction solution of Mehlic 3. On the other hand, the results showed that clay soil recorded the maximum available Fe, Zn, Mn and Cu, while calcareous soil recorded the maximum available boron content. The interaction between different extraction methods and soil samples was highly significant during 2020 season.

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Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, H. Botany
Volume 12, Issue 2
December 2021
Pages 85-95

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