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Determination of Phosphorus Fixation Capacity in Organic Soil¹

ABSTRACT

In a study of 15 organic soils the reduction in phosphorus concentration in aqueous solutions shaken with the soils gave a good indication of their phosphorus fixation capacities. An equally good indicator in soils that had had prior phosphorus fertilization was the level of water-extractable phosphorus. Total iron, aluminum, calcium, and phosphorus content of the soils did not relate significantly to phosphorus fixation capacity.

¹ Journal Paper No. 1783, Purdue University, Agr. Exp. Sta., Lafayette, Ind. Presented before Div. IV-A, Soil Science Society of America, Dec. 7, 1960, at Chicago, Ill.

² Instructor and Professor of Horticulture, respectively.

Received for publication August 22, 1961. Accepted for publication January 15, 1962.