TY - JOUR
T1 - Application of fertilizer manganese doubled yields of lentil grown on alkaline soils
AU - Brennan, R.F.
AU - Bolland, Michael
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - The yield increase of 45-day-old lentil (Lens culinaris Medik) seedlings to applications of two sources of manganese (Mn) fertilizer was compared in a glasshouse experiment using two alkaline soils from southwestern Australia. The Mn sources were manganese sulfate (24.6% Mn), the usual source of Mn for crops in southwestern Australia, and Manganese oxide (MnO; 77.3% Mn). Both sources were finely powdered, applied at equivalent amounts of Mn and were mixed throughout both soils. The effectiveness of the two Mn fertilizers was compared using yield and Mn content (Mn concentration multiplied by the dried yield) of dried lentil shoots harvested 45 days after sowing. Applications of Mn about doubled shoot yields on both soils. For both soils, relative to the Mn sulfate fertilizer, the Mn oxide was about half as effective for producing dried shoots and about 40% less effective in increasing the Mn content of dried shoots so about twice as much Mn as the oxide was required to produce the same yield or Mn content in shoots as MnSO4·4H2O. The concentration of Mn in youngest mature growth (YMG) and in dried shoots was used to determine critical concentrations of Mn in tissue associated with 90% of the maximum yield. The critical concentration (mg/kg) of Mn was found to be 18 for YMG and about 21 in dried shoots. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]. Copyright of Journal of Plant Nutrition is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.).
AB - The yield increase of 45-day-old lentil (Lens culinaris Medik) seedlings to applications of two sources of manganese (Mn) fertilizer was compared in a glasshouse experiment using two alkaline soils from southwestern Australia. The Mn sources were manganese sulfate (24.6% Mn), the usual source of Mn for crops in southwestern Australia, and Manganese oxide (MnO; 77.3% Mn). Both sources were finely powdered, applied at equivalent amounts of Mn and were mixed throughout both soils. The effectiveness of the two Mn fertilizers was compared using yield and Mn content (Mn concentration multiplied by the dried yield) of dried lentil shoots harvested 45 days after sowing. Applications of Mn about doubled shoot yields on both soils. For both soils, relative to the Mn sulfate fertilizer, the Mn oxide was about half as effective for producing dried shoots and about 40% less effective in increasing the Mn content of dried shoots so about twice as much Mn as the oxide was required to produce the same yield or Mn content in shoots as MnSO4·4H2O. The concentration of Mn in youngest mature growth (YMG) and in dried shoots was used to determine critical concentrations of Mn in tissue associated with 90% of the maximum yield. The critical concentration (mg/kg) of Mn was found to be 18 for YMG and about 21 in dried shoots. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]. Copyright of Journal of Plant Nutrition is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.).
U2 - 10.1081/PLN-120020369
DO - 10.1081/PLN-120020369
M3 - Article
SN - 0190-4167
VL - 26
SP - 1263
EP - 1276
JO - Journal of Plant Nutrition
JF - Journal of Plant Nutrition
IS - 6
ER -