本文之目的乃探討土壤樣本乾燥後,對於磷、鉀有效指數之影響,與土壤性質、作物收量以及磷、鉀吸收量之關係;同時并探討其抑制方法。經選用20種本省主要土壤之樣本,予以不同乾燥處理後,分別用兩種磷、鉀速測法加以測定,所得結果摘要如下: (1)田間濕土經乾燥後,磷有效指數因個別土壤而變異,或增或減,相差甚大。在Bray氏法中平均較田間濕土增加25%~40%,其變異幅度與土壤之C.E.C大小有關。在Mehlich氏法中磷有效指數之變異幅度較Bray氏法爲低,可能因土壤中Al-P及Fe-P受烘乾之後,變異甚大,而Ca-P則較小所致。就平均數而言,風乾、曬乾或40℃烘乾約較田間濕土增加5%~7%,但110℃烘乾者可提高至32%,其變異幅度與粘土,Fe-P,及Ca-P等含量有關。 (2)田間濕土經乾燥之後,鉀有效指數普遍提高。在醋酸銨法中,平均較田間濕土增加15%~17%,烘乾者可達30%,而在Mehlich氏法中則可提高至28%~34%,110℃烘乾者可達49%,其變異情形與土壤之C.E.C成顯著之正相關。 (3)烘乾前加Doxtrose,或風乾後加水濕潤,或施以Octanol處理,確可抑制磷、鉀因乾燥而釋放,但無法將個別土壤完全恢復至與田間濕土一致。 (4)利用Neubuaer法檢定土壤,經不同乾燥處理後,所得磷、鉀有效指數與稻苗乾重或磷、鉀吸收量之相關情形,顯示Mehlich氏法不適於稻田速測之用,Bray-P所得之相關係數,以田間濕土最高,且達極顯著平準,其次爲再濕潤處理或Octanol處理,亦達顯著或極顯著平準;風乾、曬乾或烘乾處理者最低,甚至有未達顯著平準。但Bray法應用於鈣質土壤時,其相關係數有減低趨勢。Mehlich-K及醋酸銨-K之相關係數均達極顯著平準,烘乾者其相關係數較田間濕土者有更高之趨勢,此可能因為烘乾可提高鉀有效指數之測定值。而在Neubauer法栽培之下,所用土壤有限,但播種量高,其相關係數受土壤中鉀量(Quantity)之影響較鉀強度(Intansity)爲大。 因此就土壤速測值與作物收量或PK吸收量之相關而言,樣本乾燥對於土壤中Al-P及Fe-P變異甚大,利用Bray's法測定時,以田間濕土爲宜,對於Mehlich-K及醋酸銨-K之影響雖然較小,但因K之釋放受乾燥溫度之影響甚大,樣本乾燥條件必須一致,否則將影響推薦量估計之偏差。
The aim of this study was to find out the effect of drying on the soil PK and its relation to dry matter content as well as PK-uptake of rice seedlings. The control of PK-releasel/fixation on drying by addition of chemicals was also involved. Twenty soil samples including 8 main soil groups of Taiwan were taken for study. Each soil sample was treated with four methods of drying and determined by two extrac-tants. To control PR-release/fixation on drying, chemical compounds (dextrose/octanol/water) were added either before or after drying. The relation between soil P and P-uptake as well as soil K and K-uptake was detected by the Neubauer test in which rice was used instead of rye seeds and soil was kept under submerging condition. The results may be summarized as follows: 1. The effect of drying on the availability index of soil P was extremely great especially in the case of the Bray P-1 test. However, the average increase of soil P-value on different methods of drying as compared to that of field moist soil was at 25%-40% for the Bray's method and 5%-32% for the Mehlich's method. The decrease was also found in Schist alluvial soils. The change of soil P on drying was found to be related to the C.E.C. and the contents of clay, Al-P, Fe-P, and Ca-P of the soil. 2. The soil K was almost unanimously increased by drying. However, the magnitude of increase was different from soil to soil. The average increase as compared to that of field moist soil was 15%-30% and 20%-49% for the ammonium acetate and Mehlich's method, respectively. The C. E. C. was one of the dominant factors in responsoring the change of soil K on drying. 3. The control of PR-release/fixation on drying by addition of dextrose/octanol/water was found effective for certain soil but not for all soils. 4. Evidences from Neubauer test indicated that the available P determined by Bray's method with undried soil samples gave the best estimation of plant-available P in the soil. Those with air-dry rewet as well as air-dry octanol treated improved the estimation of available P over those obtainable with either air-dry or oven-dry soils. The relation-ships of Mehlich's P to the dry matter content or to the P-uptake of rice seedlings were insignificant. Soil K-value measured by ammonium acetate method was significantly related to the dry matter content as well as to K-uptake of rice seedlings in spite of drying effect. It was also true in the case of Mehlieh's method. As the release of soil K was closely related to the drying temperature, the condition for drying soil samples should be carefully controlled in order to avoid a fictitious recommendation for K fertilization.