Phosphate Sorption characteristic of Soils in a Tea Growing Area in KenYa
Date
1998Author
Owino-Gerroh, C.
Keter, J.K
Mbuvi, J.P
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The relationship between P.sorption capacity and thepmpcrtiesofsoihfromfieldswhichhgvebeenundcrdiffer nutrition
of tea cropping h Krgrq t-ari biri"i.rrr' Kiambg K.tyt-*""u studies in the laborator-v of the DeparEnent of Soil Science'
{JnivetsityofNairobiKenya- This is useful for the determination of the phosphorus fertilizerrequirementandalsnforthe
estiblishmeut of phosphorus fcrtilizers practics. 'fhe soil from the field wilh the highest daration under tea cmpping had
the highest acllity and P-sorptio, op"ity. The correlation ccefEcbnt betwen P'sorption capacity (P-sorpti'on maximum)
and the property of the soibier.e found to be sigrrificant (Ps0.05) (posilively) only with oxaLrte (annrphous) rnd dithi'onite
(hee oxide) extractable iron (Fe). Sigrilicant ir=o.os) positive correlatiou coe(Iicients was with the snm of dithi'onite
er.tractablc Fe and aluminium (At). It was concluded thri the sum of dithionite extractable Fe and Al b the best indir;ators
of P-sorption capacity of soib nuder tes for dinlerent durations' It b more impofiant thar any othcr soil prop€rty'
Citation
I nternational Journal of B ioChemiPhysics vol (1&2), 1998Publisher
Dept of Environmental Science, Kenyatta University Dept of Soil Science, University of Nairobi