Abstract
Abstract An experiment was conducted to determine the influence of continuous cropping and K fertilization on plants grown on coarse‐textured soils high in feldspars. The A and C horizons of Elsmere (sandy, mixed, mesic Aquic Haplustoll), Valentine (mixed, mesic Typic Ustipsamment) and Sharpsburg (fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Typic Arguidoll) soils were continuously cropped in the greenhouse with annual ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.). Four K treatments (0, 18.5, 37.5 and 75.0 mg K/kg soil) were applied before planting. At approximately 4 week intervals, above ground plant tissue was harvested and analyzed for K content for a total of 12 cuttings. Potassium deficiency symptoms (marginal necrosis, spotting) eventually appeared in plants grown on all but the A horizon of the Sharpsburg soil. Continuous cropping decreased plant K concentration, averaged across all treatments, from 38 to 10 g/kg dry matter. Potassium fertilization increased K concentration in plant dry matter on the soils initially low in...
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