Bray and Kurtz phosphorus (p1), 1m potassium chloride,and saturated calcium oxide extraction of soil nitrate comparison to 2m potassium chloride |
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| Abstract: | Abstract Labor and laboratory expense could be reduce if soil extractable nitrate (NO3) was extracted simultaneously with other routinely used soil extractants. This study was conducted to compare 1M potassium chloride (KCl), saturated calcium oxide (CaO), and Bray and Kurtz P1‐extractable soil NO3, the proposed new method to 2M KCl. Nitrate was extracted from 140 selected soils with 1M KCl, saturated CaO, Bray and Kurtz P1, and 2M KCl extractants and analysed by cadmium reduction with a flow injection analyser. Nitrate extracted with 2M KCl was used as the standard. When 1M KCl, saturated CaO, and Bray and Kurtz P1 was regressed against 2M KCl, the slopes were equal to 1.0 and the intercepts were equal to 0.0 with r2>0.99. No detectable differences in extractable NO3 were measured between 1M KCl, saturated CaO, Bray and Kurtz Pl, and 2M KCl extraction procedures. Bray and Kurtz P1 can be used to simultaneously extract phosphorus (P) and NO3. |
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