Environmental Mehlich-III soil phosphorus saturation indices for Quebec acid to near neutral mineral soils varying in texture and genesis

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 711-723

  Pellerin, Annie ^a   Parent, Léon Et́ienne ^a   Fortin, Josée ^a   Tremblay, Catherine ^a   Khiari, Lotfi ^a   Giroux, Marcel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Institut de recherche et de developpement en agroenvironnement   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mehlich III soil extraction method; Soil environmental phosphorus threshold; Soil phosphorus saturation; Soil texture; Water extractable phosphorus

Indexed keywords

ACID; PEDOGENESIS; PH; PHOSPHORUS; SATURATION; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TEST; SOIL TEXTURE;

EID: 34248200186     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/S05-070     Document Type: Article

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