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Mineral fertilizers with iron influence spring rape, maize and soil properties
Barbara Filipek-Mazur; Monika Tabak; Malgorzata Koncewicz-Baran; Aneta Bobowiec
Original research article
Greenhouse study
Corn
Iron
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year
2019
Country
Poland
Abstract

Because of low content of available iron (Fe) in soils and its poor mobility in plants, iron fertilization is necessary. Different forms of iron (mineral salts, chelates, nanomaterials) and fertilization strategies (soil and foliar application of solid or liquid fertilizers) are used. The effect of solid mineral fertilizers (A: a mixture of ammonium nitrate and dolomite; B: a mixture of ammonium nitrate and sulfate) enriched with iron sulfate was assessed during a three-year pot experiment. Iron addition did not change the yield of spring rape (first year) or maize (second and third year) significantly, and the effect on iron content in the plants was ambiguous. Fertilizer B with iron had the greatest yield-forming effect, increasing the yield of aboveground parts by 355–874%, and of roots by 211–692% in particular years. All fertilizers (especially containing sulfur) acidified the soil. After the experiment, pH of the soil fertilized with sulfur was 4.1, and of the unfertilized soil – 5.2. Iron addition increased the content of mobile and exchangeable iron in the soil by 12–110% and 2–58%, respectively, but not the content of the fraction bound to MnOx. Combination of sulfur and iron fertilization has a potential to improve soil abundance and plant yield.

Keywords

maize; iron sulfate; mineral fertilizer; ammonium nitrate; ammonium sulfate; soil pH; mobile iron; exchangeable iron; pot experiment

Outcomes reported
Biomass
Soil properties
Nutrient uptake
Soil properties
Yield
Synthesis
Key insight
Iron-enriched mineral fertilizers did not significantly change maize yield overall but increased mobile and exchangeable soil iron and sometimes improved shoot and root biomass, especially with sulfur-containing fertilizer B.
Limitations
The maize results came from a greenhouse pot sequence following spring rape, so direct field transferability to corn production is limited.
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