Effects of Soil Acidity on Plant Nutrient Availability and Lime Requirement in Welmera Woreda, Oromia Region, Ethiopia

Research areas:

• Volume 6,Issue 4, July 2019

Year:

2019

Type of Publication:

Article

Keywords:

Exchangeable Acidity, Liming, Nitosol Soil, Nutrient Availability, Soil Acidity

Authors:

Kebede Dinkecha

Journal:

IJRIES

Volume:

6

Number:

4

Pages:

29-36

Month:

July

ISSN:

2394-1375

BibTex:

@article{188, author = "Kebede Dinkecha", abstract = "Soil acidity is one of chemical soil degradation problems which affect productivity of the soil in Ethiopian highlands. The purpose of this research was to identify the effects of soil acidity on plant nutrients availability and lime requirement in Welmera woreda, Oromia region. Important laboratory instruments were calibrated and analytical methods were evaluated by spiking the known concentration of soil sample and also optimization of digestion procedure was conducted. Comparison of nutrient variation within the sites was tested by using statistics 10.00 software. The results indicated that the soil of study area was strongly acidic (pH ", issn = "23941375", journal = "IJRIES", keywords = "Exchangeable Acidity, Liming, Nitosol Soil, Nutrient Availability, Soil Acidity", month = "July", number = "4", pages = "29-36", title = "{E}ffects of {S}oil {A}cidity on {P}lant {N}utrient {A}vailability and {L}ime {R}equirement in {W}elmera {W}oreda, {O}romia {R}egion, {E}thiopia", volume = "6", year = "2019", }

Abstract:

Soil acidity is one of chemical soil degradation problems which affect productivity of the soil in Ethiopian highlands. The purpose of this research was to identify the effects of soil acidity on plant nutrients availability and lime requirement in Welmera woreda, Oromia region. Important laboratory instruments were calibrated and analytical methods were evaluated by spiking the known concentration of soil sample and also optimization of digestion procedure was conducted. Comparison of nutrient variation within the sites was tested by using statistics 10.00 software. The results indicated that the soil of study area was strongly acidic (pH

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