Low-molecular-weight organic acids (LMWOA's) play an important role in soil genesis and plant physiology. Oxalic acid is one of the more common and abundant LMWOA's in forest soils, where it accumulates especially as salts of Ca. In two soils under silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) from Tuscany, Italy, we measured the oxalate concentration of the entire profile. Oxalate was present up to two metres depth, but accumulates preferentially in the upper horizons. We determined also the bulk density of the fine earth, and organic carbon and available phosphorus. In one of the two soils, the oxalate concentration along the profile was regressed negatively with depth and bulk density, and positively with organic C and available P.

Vertical trends of oxalate concentration in two soils under Abies alba from Tuscany (Italy) / G. CERTINI; G. CORTI; FC. UGOLINI. - In: JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE. - ISSN 1436-8730. - STAMPA. - 163:(2000), pp. 173-177. [10.1002/(SICI)1522-2624(200004)163:2<173::AID-JPLN173>3.0.CO;2-H]

Vertical trends of oxalate concentration in two soils under Abies alba from Tuscany (Italy)

CERTINI, GIACOMO;
2000

Abstract

Low-molecular-weight organic acids (LMWOA's) play an important role in soil genesis and plant physiology. Oxalic acid is one of the more common and abundant LMWOA's in forest soils, where it accumulates especially as salts of Ca. In two soils under silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) from Tuscany, Italy, we measured the oxalate concentration of the entire profile. Oxalate was present up to two metres depth, but accumulates preferentially in the upper horizons. We determined also the bulk density of the fine earth, and organic carbon and available phosphorus. In one of the two soils, the oxalate concentration along the profile was regressed negatively with depth and bulk density, and positively with organic C and available P.
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G. CERTINI; G. CORTI; FC. UGOLINI
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