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Intro to Soils
NWMSU
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Agriculture
Undergraduate 1
12/14/2011

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Term
Major nutrients
Definition
Nitrogen,Phosphorus, Potassium
Term
Secondary nutrients
Definition
Calcium, Magnesium, Sulfur
Term
Minor nutrients–
Definition
Fe, B, Mn, Cu, Zn, Mo, Co, Ni, Cl
Term
How many nutrients does the soil provide?
Definition
15
Term
Nitrogen is a component of what parts of the plant? (6)
Definition
Nucleic acids(DNA, RNA)
Proteins
Amino Acids
Chlorophyll
Enzymes
Term
Atmosphere is made of what % N
Definition
78%
Term
What N is in the atmosphere
Definition
N2
Term
How much N is available to plants typically?
Definition
2%
Term
Benefits of N additions
Definition
Increase plant growth, increase microbial growth, increases diversity of microbes
Term
Detrimental effects of applying N
Definition
excess plant growth(lodging)
yield decline
disease
Pollution
Term
#1 N pollutant
Definition
Nirate
Term
NH4 is?
Definition
found in runoff
Term
N03
Definition
found leaching
Term
What are the additions in the N cycle
Definition
lightning/acid rain( atmospheric deposition)
symbiotic/non symbiotic fixing microbes
fertilizers
manures/animal wastes
Term
Losses of N and the types lost
Definition
leaching- Nirate(NO3-)
erosion- ammonium(NH4+)
Term
Transformations of N
Definition
mineralization- Organic N to NH4+
immobilization- NH4+ to organic N
nitrification- ammonium to nitrate
utrification- dead zone caused from runoff of n
Term
Which is beneficial immobilization or mineralization?
Definition
mineralization- organic N to NH4+(plant available form)
Immobilization is opposite taking available to unavailable.
Term
what conditions favor the transformations
Definition
immobilization- C:N ratio more than 30:1
Term
what conditions favor mineralization
Definition
C:N ratio less than 25 to 1
Term
nitrification needs what conditions?
Definition
warm anaerobic with a food source(om)
(think fermenting)
Term
what are the plant available forms of N, P, and K
Definition
N- NH4+, NO3-
P- H2PO4-, HPO4^2-
K- K+
Term
what is a symptom of P deficiency
Definition
Purple base of plant
Term
what is a symptom of K deficiency
Definition
Yellow of leave EDGES, new growth
Term
Symptom of N deficiency
Definition
Yellowing of center of leaves and stems
Term
is N moble in the soil?
Definition
yes
Term
is P moblie in the soil
Definition
No
Term
is K mobile in the soil
Definition
No
Term
Which is best method of applying P and K
Definition
Banding
Term
How should urea be applied?
Definition
on top but watered in to avoid volitization
Term
what is volatilization
Definition
the loss of N via changing from ammonium to ammonia
this is a chemical reaction, no microbes
Term
Denitrification is?
Definition
conversion of nitrate to NO2(gas)
Term
additions of K
Definition
fertilizer
manure
mineral weathering
Term
K is found in what additions?
Definition
in minerals- micas and feldspars
organic matter
on CEC/soil water
Term
Losses of K and types
Definition
Leaching- Low CEC will leach due to place in series
Erosion-carries away with clays
Fixation- precipitate into appetite
Term
List the series lytrophic
Definition
Al, H, Ca, Mg, K, = NH4+, Na
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