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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Iron toxicity and other chemical soil constraints to rice in highland swamps of Burundi
Plant and Soil, Volume 166, No. 1, Year 1994
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Iron toxicity is suspected to be a major nutritional disorder in rice cropping systems established on flooded organic soils that contain reductible iron. A pot trial was carried out to assess Fe toxicity to rice in flooded Burundi highland swamp soils with a wide range of organic carbon contents. Soil and leaf analyses were performed and total grain weight was determined. Clear Fe toxicity was diagnosed, based on leaf Fe content at panicle differentiation. Leaf Fe contents higher than 250 μg g-1 dry matter induced lower Mg (and probably Mn) uptake, and a 50% total grain weight reduction. These features were associated with exchangeable Fe equivalent fractions higher than 86%. Besides, several non-Fe toxic soils exhibited an Mg-Mn imbalance. © 1994 Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Authors & Co-Authors
Genon, J. G.
Belgium, Louvain-la-neuve
Université Catholique de Louvain
de Hepcee, N.
Belgium, Louvain-la-neuve
Université Catholique de Louvain
Duffy, J. E.
Belgium, Louvain-la-neuve
Université Catholique de Louvain
Delvaux, Bruno
Belgium, Louvain-la-neuve
Université Catholique de Louvain
Hennebert, P. A.
Burundi
Université du Burundi
Statistics
Citations: 55
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/BF02185487
ISSN:
0032079X
e-ISSN:
15735036
Research Areas
Environmental
Study Locations
Burundi