Measuring plant-available Mg, Ca, and K pools in the soil-an isotopic dilution assay

Van Der Heijden Geertje, Bel Jérémie, Craig Carol-Ann, Midwood Andrew J., Mareschal Louis, Ranger Jacques, Dambrine Etienne, Legout Arnaud. 2018. Measuring plant-available Mg, Ca, and K pools in the soil-an isotopic dilution assay. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 2 (4) : 292-313.

Quartile : Q3, Sujet : CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY / Quartile : Q3, Sujet : GEOCHEMISTRY & GEOPHYSICS

Résumé : In many forest ecosystems, plant-available pools of Mg, Ca, and K are assumed to be stored in the soil as exchangeable cations adsorbed on the cation exchange complex (exchangeable pools). However, between soil minerals and exchangeable cations exists a gradient of Mg, Ca, and K storage forms that have not been fully characterized and may play an important role in plant nutrition and biogeochemical cycles. We hypothesize that sources of Mg, Ca, and K in the soil other than the conventionally measured exchangeable pools are plant-available on very short time scales (<1 day). In the present study, we developed and applied an isotopic dilution technique using the stable isotopes 26Mg, 44Ca, and 41K to trace and quantify the pools of Mg, Ca, and K (isotopically exchangeable pools) in the soil of a hardwood forest that contribute directly to equilibrium processes between the soil water and the soil. We characterize the equilibrium between the soil and soil solution using both a batch approach and a flow-through approach in order (i) to develop and determine the best routine method to measure the isotopically exchangeable pools and (ii) to further the characterization of the forms of storage of Mg, Ca, and K in the isotopically exchangeable pools. We first show that the flow-through reactor approach (equilibrium in unsaturated soil columns) is the most adequate to measure the isotopically exchangeable pools with the fewest equilibrium disturbances. We then show that isotopically exchangeable pools of Mg, Ca, and K are greater than traditionally measured exchangeable pools. The isotopically exchangeable pools of Mg, Ca, and K are mainly composed of traditionally measured exchangeable pools (88.8–98.5% for Mg, 74.7–97.7% for Ca, and 68.7–77.1% for K) but are also composed of pools extracted with the Tamm reagent (oxalic acid, pH 3) and nitric acid (1 mol·L–1): 1.5–11.2% for Mg, 2.3–25.3% for Ca, and 22.9–31.3% for K. Storage forms of Mg, Ca, and K in the isotopically exchangeable pool could include chelation with soil organic matter, retention on soil aluminum and iron oxides and hydroxides through phosphate and/or organic acid bridges and site-specific adsorption. The isotopic dilution method is a relevant tool to quantify the plant-available pools of Mg, Ca, and K on short time scales (source and sink pools) and is a very promising approach to characterize and quantify the processes responsible for the depletion and/or replenishment of these pools over longer time scales.

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : France, Bourgogne

Classification Agris : P33 - Chimie et physique du sol
K01 - Foresterie - Considérations générales
F61 - Physiologie végétale - Nutrition

Champ stratégique Cirad : Axe 6 (2014-2018) - Sociétés, natures et territoires

Agences de financement européennes : European Regional Development Fund

Auteurs et affiliations

• Van Der Heijden Geertje, INRA (FRA) - auteur correspondant
• Bel Jérémie, INRA (FRA)
• Craig Carol-Ann, The James Hutton Institute (GBR)
• Midwood Andrew J., The James Hutton Institute (GBR)
• Mareschal Louis, CIRAD-PERSYST-UMR Eco&Sols (FRA)
• Ranger Jacques, INRA (FRA)
• Dambrine Etienne, INRA (FRA)
• Legout Arnaud, INRA (FRA)

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