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Publication Date
1997
Location
Manitoba and Saskatchewan
Description
Lime incorporated into a basalt-derived clay loam lowered exchangeable aluminium in soil. Soil pH was still elevated, 9 years after 2 t/ha of lime was incorporated. With lower rates of lime the density of lucerne plants declined. Lucerne yield more than doubled with lime. After six years, the area was sown to a phalaris-clover pasture. A 15% increase in the yield of phalaris was recorded from limed plots over the next three years. Despite this, 11 years after liming, herbage P concentrations increased with lime, from 0.28% to 0.35%.
Citation
Reed, K.M. F. and Chin, J F., "Long Term Effects of Liming a Basalt-Derived Soil, On Lucerene and Phalaris Production" (1997). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 30.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1997/session10/30)
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Long Term Effects of Liming a Basalt-Derived Soil, On Lucerene and Phalaris Production
Manitoba and Saskatchewan
Lime incorporated into a basalt-derived clay loam lowered exchangeable aluminium in soil. Soil pH was still elevated, 9 years after 2 t/ha of lime was incorporated. With lower rates of lime the density of lucerne plants declined. Lucerne yield more than doubled with lime. After six years, the area was sown to a phalaris-clover pasture. A 15% increase in the yield of phalaris was recorded from limed plots over the next three years. Despite this, 11 years after liming, herbage P concentrations increased with lime, from 0.28% to 0.35%.
