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the Symposium on Wheats for More Tropical Environments - cimmyt

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242<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> movement of small amounts ofcalcium down <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> profile shouldincrease effective rooting depth. Thework of Ritchey et al. (10) presentsvarious ways of solving this problem.As can be seen from Figure 4. <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> rateand amount of movement of calciumdown <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> profile is an electricallyneutral phenomen<strong>on</strong>. Every Ca+ + i<strong>on</strong>must be accompanied by twom<strong>on</strong>ovalent ani<strong>on</strong>s. such as CI-. <strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong>edivalent ani<strong>on</strong>. such as SO--4. Theaccompanying ani<strong>on</strong>. <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>re<strong>for</strong>e. plays avery important role.Calcium carb<strong>on</strong>ate (CaC03) isneutralized by hydrogen i<strong>on</strong>s at <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> soilsurface; <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>re<strong>for</strong>e. <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>re is no ani<strong>on</strong> toaccompany <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> calcium down <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>profile. This results in very littlecalcium movement from this level.CaCl2 is very soluble in water and.since it is m<strong>on</strong>ovalent. it reacts verylittle with <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> soil colloids. This sourceof calcium shows <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> fastest movementdown <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> profile and. possibly. even outof <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> rooting z<strong>on</strong>e. CaS04 or gypsumis less soluble and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> SO--4 i<strong>on</strong> reactsmore str<strong>on</strong>gly with <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> soil. leading to amore desirable distributi<strong>on</strong> of calciumthroughout <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> profile.The practical way of achieving gooddistributi<strong>on</strong> of calcium in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> soil is toapply <strong>on</strong>e of <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> following:• CaS04 (gypsum)• Single superphosphate (SSP), whichc<strong>on</strong>tains calcium sulfate. Thereacti<strong>on</strong> <strong>for</strong> producing SSP is:CalOF2 (P04)6 + 7 H2S04 + 3 H2(fluorapatite) (sulfuric acid)3 Ca(H2P04)2°H2) + 7 CaS04 + 2 HF(m<strong>on</strong>ocalcium (calcium (hydrophosphate)sulfate) fluorlcacid)The effect of varying rates of SSP <strong>on</strong>calcium and magnesium movementdown <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> profile are shown inFigure 5.E~..c: .....s::.!!'Ql).....&10 •:;0.1 0.2Calcium (Meq/l00g)0.4Figure 4. The effect of various ani<strong>on</strong>s <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> distributi<strong>on</strong>s of calcium in adark red latosol after leaching. with <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> equivalent of 1200 mm of rainfall.BrazilSource: Ritchey et al. (10)

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