Addition of a volcanic rockdust to soils has no observable effects on plant yield and nutrient status or on soil microbial activity

• Published in: Plant and soil Vol. 367; no. 1/2; pp. 419 - 436
• Main Authors: Ramezanian, Atefeh, Dahlin, A. Sigrun, Campbell, Colin D., Hillier, Stephen, Mannerstedt-Fogelfors, Birgitta, Öborn, Ingrid
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer 01.06.2013; Springer Netherlands; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Acid soils; Agricultural research; Agricultural Science; Agricultural soils; Agrology; Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Biochemistry and biology; Biogeochemistry; Biological and medical sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biota; Chemical, physicochemical, biochemical and biological properties; Crop yields; Cultivars; Ecological succession; Ecology; edaphic factors; Environmental aspects; foods; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General agronomy. Plant production; Jordbruksvetenskap; Life Sciences; Markvetenskap; Microbial activity; Microbiology; Mineral fertilizers; Mineralogy; Minerals; nutrient content; Nutrient dynamics; Nutrient status; nutrients; Other nutrients. Amendments. Solid and liquid wastes. Sludges and slurries; Peat soils; Physics, chemistry, biochemistry and biology of agricultural and forest soils; Plant biology; Plant growth; Plant Physiology; Plant Sciences; Plant-soil relationships; Quarrying; Regular Article; Soil amendment; soil amendments; Soil composition; Soil environment; Soil microorganisms; Soil mineralogy; Soil nutrients; Soil Science; Soil Science & Conservation; Soil treatment; Soil types; Soil-plant relationships. Soil fertility; Soil-plant relationships. Soil fertility. Fertilization. Amendments; toxicity; Trace elements; Triticum aestivum; Volcanic ash, tuff, etc; Volcanoes; wheat; Microbial communities; Trace elements; Red clover; Perennial ryegrass; Soil amendment; Substrate induced respiration; Microbial activity; Monocotyledones; Trifolium pratense; Amendment; Gramineae; Dicotyledones; Angiospermae; Lolium perenne; C3-Type; Microbial community; Nutritional status; Vegetals; Addition; Nutrition; Biological activity; Soil management; Trace element; Soils; Leguminosae; Herbaceous plant; Spermatophyta; Yield; Fodder crop; Soil plant relation; Respiration

Background and Aims Rising costs and pressure on supplies of commercial mineral fertilizers and increasing markets for organically produced foods and feeds have led to a growing interest in soil amendments to supply plant nutrients. Rockdust is a byproduct of quarrying and its effectiveness to suppl...