Plant Soil Environ., 2018, 64(12):619-625 | DOI: 10.17221/490/2018-PSE

Crop yields, boron availability and uptake in relation to phosphorus supply in a field experimentOriginal Paper

Gabriela MÜHLBACHOVÁ*,1, Pavel ČERMÁK1, Martin KÁ©1, Kateřina MARKOVÁ1, Radek VAVERA1, Miroslava PECHOVÁ1, Tomáą LO©ÁK2
1 Crop Research Institute, Prague, Czech Republic
2 Facultyof Regional Development and International Studies, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic

The boron (B) availability and uptake were studied in relation to different phosphorus rates applied into soils in a three-year field experiment (2015-2017). The experiment was carried out at the experimental station at Humpolec (Bohemian-Moravian Highlands, Czech Republic). Three rates of phosphorus (20-40-80 kg P/ha) were applied as triple superphosphate. The crop rotation was spring barley-winter oilseed rape-winter wheat. No systematic fertilization with B was used and the response of natural boron soil content to the different phosphorus supply was studied. The crop yields, B content in plants, B-uptake, and content of B (extracted by Mehlich 3 and NH4 acetate methods) were determined. Spring barley and winter wheat B uptake was about one order of magnitude lower in comparison with oilseed rape. Significant differences in B content in soils, in crop tissues and B-uptake, were found mainly under higher phosphorus doses (40 and 80 kg P/ha). NH4 acetate method showed better correlations between P and B contents in soils than Mehlich 3 method from the second experimental year. The P-fertilization may affect negatively the B-uptake by plants, particularly if the highly nutrient demanding crop is grown.

Keywords: nutrition; micronutrient; soil testing; boron deficiency; extraction procedure

Published: December 31, 2018  Show citation

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MÜHLBACHOVÁ G, ČERMÁK P, KÁ© M, MARKOVÁ K, VAVERA R, PECHOVÁ M, LO©ÁK T. Crop yields, boron availability and uptake in relation to phosphorus supply in a field experiment. Plant Soil Environ. 2018;64(12):619-625. doi: 10.17221/490/2018-PSE.
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