Abstract
Nitrogen content in soil is a major factor for the crop growth. Ammonium nitrogen in soils is volatilized when soil pH is high. The growth and development problem of strawberry such as color of leaves turning into purple was found when soils were treated with the compost prepared from suspended solids of high pH from the sea. From in-situ analysis it was found that soil pH was 8.33 and nitrate, phosphorous, and potassium contents were relatively low. Nitric acid was added to adjust pH of irrigating water as 1.7, 1.9, and 2.3, then $KNO_3$ $0.25g\;L^{-1}$ and $KH_2PO_4$ $0.25g\;L^{-1}$ were added. It was resulted that soils with pH 1.7 produced the most developed strawberries. Strawberry was recovered by irrigation containing the same solution. From the results, the growth and development problem of the strawberry resulted from low nitrate absorption rate. It was concluded that the growth and development of strawberries were recovered by the reduced soil pH using nitric acid.
pH가 높은 바다부유물질로 만든 퇴비를 시용한 토양은 암모니아 휘산이 야기되어 토양 중 질산태 질소함량이 낮고, 딸기는 질소를 흡수하지 못하여 생육이상증상이 유발되었다. 이 토양의 pH를 질산을 처리하여 낮추어 주고 부족한 질소와 인산 및 칼륨을 공급한 결과 회복되었다. 이 결과로부터 pH가 높은 토양에서 발생하는 질소결핍증은 토양의 pH를 낮추어 주어야 회복시킬 수 있다고 판단되었다.
