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SOIL-PLANT RELATIONS
Pages 15-17

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... Plant growth requires the continuous net removal of ions from the soil into the plant. On the other hand, changes in moisture and the removal of ions by the plants continually change the quantity of the ions available to the plant.
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... , and beans grown on a Sassafras sandy loam with added calcium (105) had strontium/calcium DF values close to 1.0, indicating little discrimination in soil reactions.
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... The strontium-90 is normally concentrated near the soil surface, or in the plow layer, the distribution of exchangeable calcium in the profile usually is nonuniform, and the root zone varies with the plant species and with soil conditions.
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Key Terms

  • calcium sulfate
  • reduced strontium
  • calcium uptake
  • calcium carbonate
  • little discrimination

  • wild plants
  • beans grown
  • corn grown
  • radioactive strontium
  • stable strontium

  • strontium salts
  • affected calcium
  • calcium source
  • reduce strontium
  • calcium phosphates

  • insoluble calcium
  • holds strontium
  • exchangeable calcium
  • calcium chloride
  • unavailable strontium

  • calcium effect
  • added calcium
  • calcium clay
  • calcium reduce
  • reducing strontium

  • wheat plants
  • responding soil
  • plant concentrations
  • stable cesium
  • pot experiments


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