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The behaviour of available phosphorous and its relationship with plants in acid volcanic soils of the Canary Islands

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I. Trujillo
Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología de Canarias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Tenerife, Canary Islands
F. Gutiérrez
Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología de Canarias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Tenerife, Canary Islands
E. Figueruelo
Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología de Canarias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Tenerife, Canary Islands
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Alfisol
Andisol
Phosphorus
Aluminium

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The behaviour of available phosphorous and its relationship with plants in acid volcanic soils of the Canary Islands. (1994). Tropical Agriculture, 71(3). https://journals.sta.uwi.edu/ojs/index.php/ta/article/view/2686
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Abstract

A study of multiple components, followed by discriminant analysis, distinguished two basic main groups of acid volcanic soils in the Acentejo District in the north of Tenerife (Canary Islands): desaturated Andisols and Alfisols. Available P (determined by the methods of Olsen and Dyer) and exchangeable Al extracted with 1N NH4OAc (pH 4.8), and 1N KCl were used as variables. Plant uptake of P depended on the amount of available P (Dyer method) in the Alfisols, and on available P (Dyer method) together with exchangeable Al (KCI) in the desaturated Andisols.
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