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The effect of CaCO3 and iron on the availability of iron, manganese phosphorus and calcium was studied in the greenhouse on pea (Pisum sativum L.) crop on a light textured soil, which was marginal in exchangeable calcium. Addition of calcium carbonate caused significant increase in dry matter yield with no added iron at both the stages of crop growth. But yeild intended to decrease with 8% CaCO3 at 75 days of crop growth. Dry matter yield also increased with the addition of iron upto 10 ppm at 45 days and upto 5 ppm at 75 days. The iron concentration and uptake decreased with the increase in CaCO3 and increased with the application of iron at both the stages of crop growth. The application of iron and CaCO3 decreased concentration and uptake of phosphorus significantly at both the stages.
Like phosphorus, concentration and uptake of manganese also decreased with the increase in added CaCO3 upto 8% and iron upto 20 ppm at 45 and 75 days. The concentration of calcium increased with the addition of CaCO3 to the extent of 50 and 40% with 8% CaCO3 at 45 and 75 days, while the uptake of calcium increased more than 3 folds at 45 days and more than 2 folds at 75 days. The concentration of calcium decreased with the application of iron upto 20 ppm but the uptake at 45 days increased upto 10 ppm and at 75 days upto 5 ppm and then decreased.
The concentration of Fe, P and Ca decreased at 75 days and that of Mn increased while the uptake of all these nutrients increased at 2nd stage due to higher dry matter.
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Singh, M., Dahiya, S.S. Effect of calcium carbonate and iron on the availability and uptake of iron, manganese, phosphorus and calcium in pea (Pisum sativum L.). Plant Soil 44, 511–520 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00011371
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