Potassium Fertilizer Recommendations for Sugarcane on Florida Organic Soils
Potassium is a primary plant nutrient that is required in large amounts by sugarcane. About 74% of the 400,000 acres of Florida sugarcane is grown on organic soils in the Everglades Agricultural Area. Potassium is not a component of organic matter and virgin Histosols contain very low concentration...
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Potassium is a primary plant nutrient that is required in large amounts by sugarcane. About 74% of the 400,000 acres of Florida sugarcane is grown on organic soils in the Everglades Agricultural Area. Potassium is not a component of organic matter and virgin Histosols contain very low concentrations of K, so release of K through mineralization of organic matter in these soils is not an adequate K source for plant growth. This 7-page document presents revised potassium fertilizer recommendations for sugarcane grown on Florida organic soils along with supporting information. Written by J. Mabry McCray, and published by the UF/IFAS Agronomy Department, February 2019.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ag428
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| spelling | doaj.art-e450b94b6b494421ae8cc4d919bc13662024-04-23T04:37:43ZengThe University of Florida George A. Smathers LibrariesEDIS2576-00092019-02-0120191Potassium Fertilizer Recommendations for Sugarcane on Florida Organic SoilsJames Mabry McCray0University of Florida Potassium is a primary plant nutrient that is required in large amounts by sugarcane. About 74% of the 400,000 acres of Florida sugarcane is grown on organic soils in the Everglades Agricultural Area. Potassium is not a component of organic matter and virgin Histosols contain very low concentrations of K, so release of K through mineralization of organic matter in these soils is not an adequate K source for plant growth. This 7-page document presents revised potassium fertilizer recommendations for sugarcane grown on Florida organic soils along with supporting information. Written by J. Mabry McCray, and published by the UF/IFAS Agronomy Department, February 2019. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ag428 https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/107657potassiumfertilizer recommendationssoil testing |
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| title | Potassium Fertilizer Recommendations for Sugarcane on Florida Organic Soils |
| title_full | Potassium Fertilizer Recommendations for Sugarcane on Florida Organic Soils |
| title_fullStr | Potassium Fertilizer Recommendations for Sugarcane on Florida Organic Soils |
| title_full_unstemmed | Potassium Fertilizer Recommendations for Sugarcane on Florida Organic Soils |
| title_short | Potassium Fertilizer Recommendations for Sugarcane on Florida Organic Soils |
| title_sort | potassium fertilizer recommendations for sugarcane on florida organic soils |
| topic | potassium fertilizer recommendations soil testing |
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