Plant, Soil and Environment, 2018 (vol. 64), issue 2
Mehlich 3 extractant used for the evaluation of wheat-available phosphorus and zinc in calcareous soilsOriginal Paper
Ondřej SEDLÁŘ, Jiří BALÍK, Martin KULHÁNEK, Jindřich ČERNÝ, Milan KOS
Plant Soil Environ., 2018, 64(2):53-57 | DOI: 10.17221/691/2017-PSE 
Relation between wheat (Triticum aestivum) nutritional status determined at the beginning of stem elongation and during anthesis, respectively, and available content of phosphorus (P-M3) and zinc (Zn-M3) determined by the Mehlich 3 extractant was studied. Both one-year pot experiment with spring wheat and two-year on-farm trials with winter wheat were run on various calcareous soils (pH values of 7.18-7.94, median 7.80, P-M3 1-289 ppm, median 54, and Zn-M3 2-14 ppm, median 4), in the Czech Republic (Central Europe). Phosphorus nutrition index (ratio of phosphorus concentration in shoot biomass to critical phosphorus concentration - Pc)...
Antagonistic activity of selected fungi of the soil environment of carrotOriginal Paper
Elżbieta PATKOWSKA, Agnieszka JAMIOŁKOWSKA, Marzena BŁAŻEWICZ-WOŹNIAK
Plant Soil Environ., 2018, 64(2):58-63 | DOI: 10.17221/792/2017-PSE
The present studies aim at determining the antagonistic effect of selected fungi species occurring in the soil under carrot cultivation towards Altenaria dauci (J.G. Kühn) J.W. Groves & Skolko, Alternaria radicina Meier, Drechsler & E.D. Eddy, Fusarium oxysporum E.F. Sm & Swingle, Rhizoctonia solani J.G. Kühn and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary. The field experiment considered cover crops (oats, tansy phacelia and vetch). The control consisted of traditional carrot cultivation (without cover crops). Statistically, the smallest population of fungi was found in 1 g of soil dry weight after...
Warming impacts on carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus distribution in soil water-stable aggregatesOriginal Paper
Song GUAN, Na AN, Jinhua LIU, Ning ZONG, Yongtao HE, Peili SHI, Jinjing ZHANG, Nianpeng HE
Plant Soil Environ., 2018, 64(2):64-69 | DOI: 10.17221/715/2017-PSE
A five-year (2010-2015) field experiment was conducted to investigate warming impacts on organic carbon (OC), total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP) contents and their ratios in bulk soil and soil water-stable aggregates in an alpine meadow of the Tibetan Plateau. Compared with unwarmed control, warming had no significant effects on OC, TN and TP contents and their ratios in bulk soil. The contents of OC, TN and TP associated with macroaggregates and microaggregates decreased, whereas those associated with silt + clay fractions significantly increased. The C:N and C:P ratios in macro- and microaggregates and silt + clay fractions decreased,...
In situ near-infrared spectroscopy for soil organic matter prediction in paddy soil, Pasak watershed, ThailandOriginal Paper
Chutipong ROMSONTHI, Saowanuch TAWORNPRUEK, Sumitra WATANA
Plant Soil Environ., 2018, 64(2):70-75 | DOI: 10.17221/716/2017-PSE
Soil organic matter (SOM) is a major index of soil quality assessment because it is one of the key soil properties controlling nutrient budgets in agricultural production systems. The aim of the in situ near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) for SOM prediction in paddy area is evaluation of the potential of SOM and prediction of other soil properties. There are keys for soil fertility and soil quality assessments. A spectral reflectance of 130 soil samples was collected by field spectroradiometer in a region of near-infrared. Spectral reflectance collections were processed by the first derivative transformation with the Savitsky-Golay algorithms....
The use of compressed height to estimate the yield of a differently fertilized meadowOriginal Paper
Ondřej CUDLÍN, Josef HAKL, Michal HEJCMAN, Pavel CUDLÍN
Plant Soil Environ., 2018, 64(2):76-81 | DOI: 10.17221/732/2017-PSE
Monitoring of grassland dry matter yield (DMY) is important for the economy and ecosystem management, but it is a time-consuming process. Calculating the correlation between compressed height (CH) and DMY is a faster way to estimate DMY. The aim of our study was to use CH in order to predict DMY for a meadow with different fertilization management and plant species composition. Four fertilization treatments and one unfertilized control were established in a mesophilic meadow in the Czech Republic. Using a rising plate meter (RPM), CH was measured before the first and second cuts. In addition, the cover of individual vascular plant species was estimated....
The effect of herbicides and biostimulants on sugars content in potato tubersOriginal Paper
Krystyna ZARZECKA, Marek GUGAŁA
Plant Soil Environ., 2018, 64(2):82-87 | DOI: 10.17221/21/2018-PSE
The objective of the present work was to determine changes in total sugars, reducing sugars and sucrose content in potato tubers under conditions involving an application of biostimulants and herbicides. Research material included table potato tubers obtained in a three-year field experiment. The experiment was a split-plot design with three replicates. The factors were as follows: factor I - three table potato cultivars (Bartek, Gawin and Honorata), factor II - five methods of biostimulant and herbicide application (1. control - without biostimulants or herbicides; 2. Harrier 295 ZC (linuron + chlomazon); 3. Harrier 295 ZC (linuron + chlomazon) and...
Removal of soil polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons derived from biomass fly ash by plants and organic amendmentsShort Communication
Zdeněk KOŠNÁŘ, Pavel TLUSTOŠ
Plant Soil Environ., 2018, 64(2):88-94 | DOI: 10.17221/39/2018-PSE
Phytoremediation using maize (Zea mays L.) assisted by the compost or vermicompost amendments was the most appropriate strategy for bioremediation of soil contaminated by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) derived from biomass fly ash. Higher removal of low molecular weight PAHs than medium and high molecular weight PAHs within the same treatment were observed. The total PAH content in planted soil with compost or vermicompost was decreased in a range between 62.9-64.9%. There were no significant differences (P < 0.05) between the compost and vermicompost amendments on the total removal of ash-PAHs. The content of PAH derived...