This document discusses factors that affect soil productivity, including pH, organic matter, cation exchange capacity (CEC), and nutrient balance. It explains that colloids give soil its negative charge and allow it to attract and hold positively charged particles (cations) like nutrients. CEC measures the total cations a soil can retain. Higher clay and organic matter lead to higher CEC, allowing soils to retain more nutrients. The document also notes that organic matter improves soil properties, provides nutrients, and influences pH levels important for plant growth. Proper nutrient balance and adequate levels of elements like nitrogen are also key to supporting optimum plant growth.
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these slide is made with excerpts from other published and unpublished books,journals, studies and om-line references.No Plagiarism was intended.
Made for April-May 2015 Agriculture Major Admission test Review. Cavite State University.
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Soil organic matter consists of decomposing plant and animal residues.
It also includes substances of organic origin either leaving or dead.
Introduction to soil science,
Fields of application in soil science
Soil
Function of Soil and
Major environmental issues
Scope of soil science,
Pedological and edaphological concepts,
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This material is part of my lecturing on soi fertility, fertilizer, and fertilization namely Chapter 6 The OM and SOM written down based on the book of Benjamin Wolf and George H. Snyder. 2002. This material is only for lecture purpose of my class.
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Physical fractionation techniques have often relied on the breakdown of soil structure into its textural classes or density fractions in order to study SOM dynamics. This appears to be inappropriate for investigating how soil structure is maintained. The bonding agents responsible for structure have been well defined, although the effects of farming systems on them are not fully understood. Techniques which can rapidly assess the impacts of management on bonding agents and structure are required in order to develop sustainable farming systems.
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3. I. As soils are formed during the weathering process, some minerals
and organic matter are broken down to extremely small particles.
A. Chemical changes further reduce these particles until they
cannot be seen with the naked eye, the very smallest are called
colloids.
1. Colloids are primarily responsible for the chemical reactivity
in soils.
2. Mineral clay colloids are plate-like in structure and crystalline
in nature. In most soils, clay colloids exceed organic colloids
in amount.
3. The kind of parent material and the degree of weathering
determine the kinds of clays present in the soil.
4. Each colloid, clay and organic, has a negative (-) charge,
developed during the formation process. It can attract and
hold positively (+) charged particles, as unlike poles of a
magnet attract each other. Colloids repel other negatively
charged particles, as like poles of a magnet repel each other.
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4. B. An element with an electrical charge is called an ion.
1. Ions with positive charges are called cations. They are written
in the ionic form. Examples are potassium (K+), sodium (Na+),
hydrogen (H+), calcium (Ca+), and magnesium (Mg++).
2. Ions with a negative charge are called anions. Examples are
chlorine (Cl–), nitrate (NO3 –), sulfate (SO4=), phosphate
(H2PO4–).
3. Negatively charged colloids attract cations and hold them like
a magnet holding small pieces of metal.
4. This characteristic explains why nitrate (N) is more easily
leached from the soil than ammonium nitrate. Nitrate has a
negative charge like the soil colloids, so it is not held by the
soil but remains as a free ion in the soil water to be leached
through the soil profile in some soils under certain rainfall
conditions.
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5. C. Cations held by soils can be replaced by other cations.
This means they are exchangeable. The total number
of exchangeable cations a soil can hold (the amount of
its negative charge) is called its cation exchange
capacity or CEC.
1. The higher a soils CEC, the more cations it can
retain.
2. The CEC depends on amounts and kinds of clay and
organicmatter present.
3. A high-clay soil can hold more exchangeable cations
than a low-clay soil.
4. CEC increases as organic matter increases. CEC of a
soil is expressed in terms of milligram equivalents
per 100 grams of soil and is written as meq/100g.
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6. D. Clay minerals usually range from 10 to 150 meq/100g
in CEC values.
1. Organic matter ranges from 200 to 400 meq/100g.
2. Clay soils with high CEC can retain large amounts
of cations against potential loss by leaching.
a. Leaching is the loss or removal of materials
from the soil.
3. Sandy soils with low CEC retain smaller quantities.
4. Percent base saturation, the percent of the total
CEC occupied by the major cations, has been used
to develop fertilizer programs.
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7. E. The idea is that certain nutrient ratios or balances
are needed to insure proper uptake by the crop for
optimum yields.
1. Research has shown that cation saturation ranges
and ratios have little or no utility in a vast
majority of agricultural soils.
2. Under field conditions, ranges of nutrients vary
widely with no detrimental effects, as long as
individual nutrients are present in sufficient levels
in the soil to support optimum plant growth.
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12. II. Soil productivity can be affected by organic matter, soil
depth, surface slope, soil organisms, and nutrient balance.
A. Soil organic matter consists of plant, animal, and
microbial residues in various stages of decay.
1. Adequate organic matter levels benefit soil in many
ways such as: improves the physical condition and
tilth, increases water infiltration, decreases erosion
losses, and supplies plant nutrients.
2. Organic matter contains about 5 percent nitrogen, so
it serves as a storehouse for reserve N. But the
nitrogen in organic matter is in organic compounds
and is not immediately available for plant use, since
decomposition usually occurs slowly.
3. Fertilizer N is needed to assure non-legume crops an
adequate source of readily available N.
4. Soil organic matter contains other essential plant
elements. Plant and animal residues contain variable
amounts of mineral elements such as phosphorus,
magnesium, calcium, sulfur, and the micronutrients.
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13. B. Soil depth may be defined as that depth of soil
material favorable for plant root penetration.
1. Deep, well-drained soils of desirable texture and
structure are favorable to crop production.
2. Plants need plenty of depth for roots to grow and
secure nutrients and water.
3. Roots will extend .9 to 2.7 meters or more when
soil permits. Rooting depth can be limited by
physical and chemical barriers as well as by high
water tables.
4. Hardpans, shade beds, gravely layers, and
accumulations of soluble salts are extremely
difficult to correct.
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14. C. Land topography or surface slope largely determines
the amount of runoff and erosion.
1. It also dictates irrigation methods, drainage,
conservation measures, and other best
management practices (BMPs) needed to
conserve soil and water.
2. The steeper the land, the more management is
needed, increasing labor and equipment costs.
3. At certain slopes, soil becomes unsatisfactory for
row crop production.
4. The ease with which surface soils erode, along
with percent slope, is a determining factor in a
soil’s potential productivity.
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15. D. Many groups of organisms live in the soil. Soil organisms
range in size from microscopic (bacteria, fungi, and
nematodes) to those readily visible to the naked eye
(earthworms and insect larvae).
1. Most soil organisms depend on organic matter for
food and energy, and are usually found in the upper
foot of soil.
2. Factors that affect the abundance of soil organisms
include: moisture, temperature, aeration, nutrient
supply, soil pH, and the crop being grown.
3. Some of the microscopic organisms cause many
favorable soil reactions, such as the decay of plant
and animal residues. They help to speed nutrient
cycling.
4. Other reactions can be injurious, such as the
development of organisms that cause plant and
animal diseases.
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16. E. Nutrient balance is a vital concept in soil fertility
and crop production.
1. Nitrogen may be the first limiting nutrient in
non-legumes. But without adequate amounts
of the other nutrients, N cannot do its best.
2. As Nitrogen fertilization raises yields, the crop
demands more of the other nutrients.
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REVIEW/SUMMARY
• How does organic matter affect soil
productivity?
• What does CEC stand for and why is it
important to soil?
• What is a cation?
• What is an anion?
• What is the relationship with clay and
organic matter with CEC?