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Scientific registration no : 2518

Symposium no : 13B
Presentation : Poster

Evaluation of silicon availability in paddy soils by an


extraction using a phosphate buffer solution
Evaluation de la biodisponibilit de la silice dans les sols de
rizire par extraction en tampon phosphate
KATO Naoto
Tohoku National Agricultural Experiment Station, Omagari, 014-01, Japan
A chemical extraction method using an acetate buffer solution (pH4) has been traditionally
used for the evaluation of silicon (Si) availability of paddy soils. However, when the calcium
silicate fertilizers prepared from slags were previously applied to soils, Si availability in the
soils is very likely to be overestimated by this method. It was shown previously that the soil
ability to supply Si continuously into the soil solution was an important parameter to
determine the Si uptake by rice plant. Therefore, not only the amount of Si present in the soil
solution but also the amount of Si in the soil solid phase which can easily enter the soil
solution when the Si concentration in the soil solution decreases should be taken into account
for the estimation of the amount of plant-available Si in soils. In this study, it was assumed
that rice plant takes up the Si present in the soil solution and the Si adsorbed by the soil solid
phase which can be desorbed easily. Since the Si adsorption by soils is a competitive reaction
with the phosphorus adsorption, the adsorbed Si could be efficiently extracted by the
phosphorus (P) solution.
Therefore, in this study, the amount of Si extracted from paddy soils by a phosphate buffer
solution was measured and compared with the amount of Si taken up by rice plant (Oryza
sativa L.) which was determined in pot experiments. The amount of Si extracted was analyzed
by the colorimetric method which was modified to avoid an interference of a large quantity of
P present in the extractant. The effects of solution pH, P concentration, and temperature on
the amount of Si extracted were also examined. As a result, it was shown that the amount of
Si extracted increased with increasing P concentration and temperature, and decreased with
increasing solution pH. A positive correlation was obtained between the amount of Si
extracted and that of Si taken up by the plant even when the soil samples had previously
received the slag fertilizers. The simple extraction method proposed here was found to be a
better method for the evaluation of Si availability in soils than the traditional method using
acetate buffer solution.
Keywords : available Si, paddy soil, silicon, soil testing
Mots cls : silicium, biodisponibilit, sol de rizire, analyse du sol

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