Plant Soil Environ., 2009, 55(8):344-352 | DOI: 10.17221/101/2009-PSE

Differences in soil sulfur fractions due to limitation of atmospheric deposition

J. Balík1, M. Kulhánek1, J. Černý1, J. Száková1, D. Pavlíková1, P. Čermák2
1 Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
2 Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture, Brno, Czech Republic

The aim of this work was to estimate the changes in contents of different sulfur (S) fractions in soils under conditions of lowering inputs of S from emissions together with the influence of application of manure and mineral fertilizers. Soil samples from long-term field experiments were used for this purpose. The samples were taken from 10 sites from precise long-term field experiments with different soil-climatic conditions in the Czech Republic. The samples were analyzed using the following fractionation: (i) water soluble S (H2O extracts), (ii) sorbed S (0.032M NaH2PO4 extracts) and (iii) S occluded with carbonates (1M HCl extract). Furthermore, the concentration of total S (Stot) and organic S (Sorg) was determined. Soil samples were taken in the years 1981 and 2007. During 26 years a decrease of Stot by about 3-8%, water soluble S by 65-68% and sorbed S by 39-44% were observed in the topsoil of the evaluated soils. Furthermore, a low increase in the content of organic S was observed. The estimated ratio of Sorg reached 78.7-80.9% from Stot in the year 1981 and 87.7-89.8% in 2007. Farmyard manure (40 t/ha) applied every 4 years did not have a significant influence on S fractions and Stot contents in soils; intensive S fertilizing increased Stot and mobile S forms contents in soils. Very close correlations were obtained especially between Stot and water soluble S and organic S.

Keywords: soil; S; long term stationary experiments; S-fractionation; fertilizing

Published: August 31, 2009  Show citation

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Balík J, Kulhánek M, Černý J, Száková J, Pavlíková D, Čermák P. Differences in soil sulfur fractions due to limitation of atmospheric deposition. Plant Soil Environ. 2009;55(8):344-352. doi: 10.17221/101/2009-PSE.
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