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Comparison of the Effects of Mg-Sulfate and Mg-Hydroxide on Soil pH, EC and Exchangeable Cation Distribution  

Lee, Sang-Jo (Dept. of Agronomy, Yeungnam University)
Lee, Sung-Ho (Dept. of Agronomy, Yeungnam University)
Shin, Hyun-Jin (Dept. of Agronomy, Yeungnam University)
Cho, Hyun-Jong (Dept. of Agricultural Chemistry, Daegu University)
Kim, Bok-Jin (Dept. of Agronomy, Yeungnam University)
Chung, Jong-Bae (Dept. of Agricultural Chemistry, Daegu University)
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Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer / v.36, no.3, 2003 , pp. 105-112 More about this Journal
Abstract
Effects of magnesium sulfate ($MgSO_4$) and magnesium hydroxide $[Mg(OH)_2]$, which have different chemical characteristics, on soil pH, electrical conductivity (EC), and exchangeable cation distributions were investigated. Using plastic columns packed with a loam soil, the two Mg-fertilizers were treated at the rate of $300kg\;MgO\;ha^{-1}$ and water was applied on the soil surface four times at every 7 days. Soil samples were taken at 5, 10, 15, and 20 cm depth after 7 days of each water application. Magnesium hydroxide could increase soil pH, but due to the low solubility of $Mg(OH)_2$, the effect on pH was limited on the surface soil. Soil pH was lowered in the $MgSO_4$ treatment and the effect was found through the 20 cm depth. Since the pH decrease in $MgSO_4$ treated soil was due to the salts from $MgSO_4$, after leaching of most salts from the investigated soil depth pH was not significantly different from that of non-treated soil. Soil EC was increased in $MgSO_4$ treatment through the soil depth, but in $Mg(OH)_2$ treatment EC was slightly increased only at the surface layer. Exchangeable Mg was increased in both of the treatments at surface layer after the first water application. In $Mg(OH)_2$ treatment, the increase of exchangeable Mg was found only at 5 cm depth through the experiment, but leaching down of Mg in the $MgSO_4$ treatment was very apparent. High concentration of Mg in the $MgSO_4$ treated soil could effectively replace exchangeable Ca through the investigated soil depth, but the effect of $Mg(OH)_2$ on exchangeable Ca was not significant.
Keywords
Electrical conductivity; Exchangeable cation; Magnesium hydroxide; Magnesium sulfate; pH;
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