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Effect of Oyster Shell Powder on Soil pH and Growth and Yield of Apple  

Lee, Seong-Tae (Gyeongsangnamdo Agricultural Research and Extension Services, Plant Environment Research Division)
Lee, Young-Han (Gyeongsangnamdo Agricultural Research and Extension Services, Plant Environment Research Division)
Lee, Young-Jin (Gyeongsangnamdo Agricultural Research and Extension Services, Plant Environment Research Division)
Lee, Chun-Hee (Gyeongsangnamdo Agricultural Research and Extension Services, Plant Environment Research Division)
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Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer / v.37, no.6, 2004 , pp. 383-387 More about this Journal
Abstract
Effects of oyster shell powder as a liming material were investigated in an apple orchard. Soil texture of the apple orchard was silty clay loam (Upyeong series with 7% of slope) and topsoil pH was 5.6. Treatments of 1,590 kg oyster shell powder $ha^{-1}$ and calcium-magnesium carbonate as much as oyster shell powder were included in the experiment. With treatments of oyster shell powder and calcium-magnesium carbonate, the length, number and diameter of new branches and the diameter of main, secondary and side branches increased in comparison with control. With oyster shell powder application, soil pH increased from 5.6 to 6.8 at the harvest. In addition, it increased exchangeable Ca from 2.6 to $4.2cmol_c\;kg^{-1}$. But it didn't make any difference in chlorophyll, sugar and malic acid contents. The apple weight per fruit of oyster shell powder application was 9 g more than that of control. Apple yield was highest ($37,000kg\;ha^{-1}$) in the oyster shell powder treatment, and the yield increase was significantly different at 5% level LSD. We concluded that the oyster shell powder can be an alternative of lime and effective to restore soil nutrient balance in apple orchard soil.
Keywords
Oyster shell powder; Ca-Mg carbonate; Apple; Acidic soil;
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