Fe and Al oxides distribution in some ultisols and inceptisols of southeastern Nigeria in relation to soil total phosphorus |
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| Authors: | Charles A Igwe Mehdi Zarei Karl Stahr |
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| Institution: | 1.Department of Soil Science,University of Nigeria,Nsukka,Nigeria;2.Institut für Bodenkunde und Standortslehre (310),Universit?t Hohenheim,Stuttgart,Germany |
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| Abstract: | Ten highly weathered soils in southeastern Nigeria were sampled from their typical A and B horizons for analyses. The objectives
were to determine the different forms of Fe and Al oxides in the soils and relating their occurrence to phosphate availability
and retention in the soils. The soils are deep and often physically degraded but are well drained and coarse in the particle
size distribution. They are mostly dominated by kaolinite in their mineralogy with very high values of SiO2. The soils are acidic with low soil organic carbon (SOC) contents. The elements in the exchange complex are also low thus
reflecting in the low CEC of the soil. Available phosphorus (P) in the soils are generally low while total P ranged from 157
to 982 mg kg−1 with an overall average of 422 mg kg−1. Total Fe in the soil is highest and their order represented as follows: Fet > Fed > Feox ≥ Fep. The pyrophosphate extractable Fe was always higher in the top soil than in the subsoil and was attributed to the fact that
these forms of Fe are associated with organic matter which is more abundant in topsoil than in subsoil. Like in Fe forms,
the order of Al occurrence could generally be presented as; Alt > Ald > Alox > Alp. More Fe and Al oxides in the soils are strongly crystalline while a small quantity is poorly crystalline Fe forms. The amorphous
forms of both Fe and Al are very low in the soils when compared with the crystalline forms. The oxides that show very strong
affinity to total P are Fed–Feox, Fed, Ald, Fet, Feox and Alox/Ald. To overcome this problem of P retention in the soil, we recommend constant liming of these soils to neutralize them, application
of organic matter and of high dosage of phosphate fertilizer to the soils. |
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