Abstract
The study presents the analysis of the effect of soil factors such as oxidation, reduction, immobilization, mineralization, leaching, ion competition, and water management on sulfur metabolism in soil and its availability to the crops. Sulfur is one of the nutrients that largely affects the quantity and quality of crop yields, and is also a component of many compounds, the lack of which causes some disturbances to the development of plants and diseases in humans and animals. Despite such a great importance, it was not subject to agricultural research until the early 80s, and was not taken into consideration when determining the fertilizing needs of plants. However, the situation has changed in recent years, when problems associated with sulfur deficiency in crop production began more and more to be emphasized. The absence of this component is to be expected especially at the lighter, usually acidic mineral soils, located away from industrial centers. Therefore, the transformation of sulfur in the soil and its availability to the crop becomes an important issue.
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