Zinc Deficiency in Corn in Central Washington<sup>1</sup>

Viets, Frank G.; Boawn, Louis C.; Crawford, C. L.; Nelson, Christopher E.

doi:10.2134/agronj1953.00021962004500110011x

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“…Likewise major elements were also higher in chlorotic plants -especially phosphorus and potassium, which were abnormally high. This effect has been observed previously by Viets, Boawn, Crawford, and Nelson (1953), who showed that zinc-deficient corn plants were particularly high in phosphorus and potassium as a result of a high external supply of these elements in relation to restricted plant growth induced by zinc deficiency. Thorne (1957) has reviewed the soil factors which tend to reduce the availability of zinc to plants, and, of these, high pH and high soluble phosphate levels would appear to be responsible for zinc deficiency on shallow Niuean soils.…”

Section: Zinc Deficiencysupporting

confidence: 79%

Zinc deficiency on the shallow Soil of Niue i. field investigations

Widdowoson¹

1966

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

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A preliminary survey of taro crops on Niue in April 1964 showed that poor crop growth was associated with shallow soils of high pH containing considerable quantities of calcium carbonate.Using Crotalaria anagryoides (a leguminous plant grown for green manure) as an indicator plant, it was found that zinc deficiency was a major cause of poor growth on shallow calcareous soils.It is concluded that cultivation of shallow soils aggravates the problem of zinc deficiency, by enrichment of the topsoil with underlying coral sand and limestone, thereby raising the pH.

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Section: Zinc Deficiencysupporting

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Zinc deficiency on the shallow Soil of Niue i. field investigations

Widdowoson¹

1966

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

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“…yield increases associated with Zn fertilization within some of the long-term (sites 2, 3, 4, and 5) and short-term (sites 9, 10, and 11) locations (Table 4) (Table 3) and corn leaf Zn contents (Table 2) Gogan, 1975). The NH^OAc-dithizone method (Shaw and Dean, 1951) has been shown to be a successful method for delineation of Zn-deficient soils differing widely in pH (Wear, 1956;Massey, 1957;Brown et al, 1962) (Viets et al, 1953(Viets et al, , 1954Boawn, 1974). Table 18 Pooled Mollisols data, partialed for site (n=45) (Table 17) were not greatly different from those observed within the simple correlation data (Table 16) Organic matter influences on TZn accumulation are well documented (Wright et al, 1955;Hibbard, 1943;Whitton and Wells, 1974).…”

Section: Short-term Studiesmentioning

confidence: 87%

“…Table 18 Pooled Mollisols data, partialed for site (n=45) (Table 17) were not greatly different from those observed within the simple correlation data (Table 16) Organic matter influences on TZn accumulation are well documented (Wright et al, 1955;Hibbard, 1943;Whitton and Wells, 1974). Calcium carbonate has also been implicated in affecting Zn distributions in soil profiles (Viets et al, 1953(Viets et al, , 1954Boawn, 1974). In this study, the influence of clay, often associated with Zn content of soils (Udo et al, 1970;Khan, 1979;Dankert and Drew, 1970), was not considered.…”

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Investigations into the need for zinc fertilization of selected Iowa soils

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Webster soil association area and found that 60% of the samples from calcareous soils contained less than 20 ppm Zn and 18% had less than 15 ppm Zn. The critical level of Zn in corn leaf tissue has been suggested as below 20 ppm (Jones and Eck, 1973), although others (Jones, 1967; Viets et al., 1953) have proposed critical levels as low as ppm. It seems reasonable to assume that the critical level might vary with different soils, environments, corn cultivars, and other factors. A number of investigators (Massey and Loeffel, 1966, 1967; Shukla and Raj, 1976; Shuman et al., 1976) have observed that corn inbreds and single crosses vary in the amount of Zn they accumulate under constant conditions. Halim et al. (1968) considered this to be an important reason that tissue Zn content was frequently not closely related to Zn deficiency symptoms. The Zn soil test in use at the Iowa State University Soil Testing Laboratory (ISUSTL) involves a chelate (DTPA) extraction developed in Colorado by Lindsay and Norvell (1978). In 1977, an unpublished summary of the results from 3,786 Zn analyses performed at the ISUSTL showed that 62% of the soils tested adequate (about 1.0 ppm Zn), 25% were defined as mar ginal (0.6-1.0 ppm), and 13% were classed as deficient (0.5 ppm or less). An updated summary by Eik (1980) involved 12,869 samples and showed 57%, 29%, and 14% testing in the 7 adequate, marginal, and deficient ranges, respectively. Gogan (1975) achieved a predictive success of 75% in separating Iowa soils into nonresponsive and responsive classes for corn grown under greenhouse conditions, when a value of 1.30 ppm DTPA-extractable Zn was chosen as the critical soil test level. This value exceeds that of 0.8 ppm Zn established for corn under greenhouse conditions in Colorado by Lindsay and Norvell (1978) and of 0.5 ppm Zn in California by Brown et al. (1971). Apparent differences in these defined critical levels were probably due to variation in the experimental preparation, corn cultivars, cropping techniques, or to possible differences in physical-chemical properties among the Iowa, California, and Colorado soils. The existence of a critical DTPA-extractable Zn level for corn grown under field conditions in the riorthcentral United States has escaped the attention of this investigator. Field studies were initiated in 1977 and 1978 to determine whether corn grown on selected Iowa soils would respond to Zn fertilization. Two inorganic Zn fertilizers were included to assure that any measured responses were not dependent on the applied Zn source. It was hoped that any response could be related to soil, environmental, and source characteri sties. In 1979, studies involving soil injection of a chelated Zn solution (ZnEDTA) were started. These were instigated 8 primarily because of concern as to whether failure to obtain response to Zn fertilization in the earlier experiments was due to Zn placement or large variations in plant popula tion within experimental areas. 9 MATERIALS AND METHODS Experimental Procedures Long-term studies ...

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“…According to Viets et al (1953). Zn accumulation occurs to a greater extent in the upper, younger leaves than in the older, lower leaves.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Orthophosphoric acid at 25mM per liter was reported as one of the best treatments, although it was not as effective as P added to the nutrient medium and absorbed by the roots. Viets (1951) and Viets et al (1953) found that spray applications of 0.5^ ZnSO^^ solutions on the foliage had overcome chlorosis and restored vegetative growth of com grown on calcareous soils in central Washington, but grain yields were not increased. ZnSO^L applied to "the calcareous soil was found to be much less effective in over coming the deficiency, even though large amounts of Zn were absorbed by the plants.…”

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Foliar fertilization of corn during the grain-filling period

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Zinc Deficiency in Corn in Central Washington¹

Cited by 40 publications

References 6 publications

Zinc deficiency on the shallow Soil of Niue i. field investigations

Zinc deficiency on the shallow Soil of Niue i. field investigations

Investigations into the need for zinc fertilization of selected Iowa soils

Foliar fertilization of corn during the grain-filling period

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Zinc deficiency on the shallow Soil of Niue i. field investigations

Zinc deficiency on the shallow Soil of Niue i. field investigations

Investigations into the need for zinc fertilization of selected Iowa soils

Foliar fertilization of corn during the grain-filling period

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