ameliorative measures
Effects of pseudogley chemical amelioration on the changes in soil and plant phosphorus and potassium contents
Faculty of Agronomy, Čačak (1)
Faculty of Agriculture, Novi Sad (2)
Faculty of Agriculture, Belgrade-Zemun (3)
ARI ”Serbia” Belgrade, Center of Small Graints, Kragujevac (4)
Pseudogley is a soil type that is under natural conditions characterized by unfavorable properties, the most pronounced being insufficient amounts of basic plant nutrients. Using different amelioration measures, numerous researchers have tried to overcome the problems resulting from soil acidity (increased aluminum and manganese contents, deficiency of alkaline cations in the adsorption complex and reduced available phosphorus content). Calcification was the most common measure almost always producing the best results of all the measures.