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Effect on Chemical and Physical Properties of Soil Each Peat Moss, Elemental Sulfur, and Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacteria

Peat moss is an organic substance corroded by sphagnum moss and has a pH of 3.0–4.0. Elemental sulfur is sulfated and oxidized by the action of bacteria to become sulfuric acid. These biological factors can alter the soil environment. Blueberries require soil with a pH of 4.5–5.2 and high organic ma...

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Autores principales: Lee, So-Young, Kim, Eun-Gyeong, Park, Jae-Ryoung, Ryu, Young-Hyun, Moon, Won, Park, Gyu-Hwan, Ubaidillah, Mohammad, Ryu, Su-Noh, Kim, Kyung-Min
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8469801/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34579434
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants10091901
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author Lee, So-Young
Kim, Eun-Gyeong
Park, Jae-Ryoung
Ryu, Young-Hyun
Moon, Won
Park, Gyu-Hwan
Ubaidillah, Mohammad
Ryu, Su-Noh
Kim, Kyung-Min
author_facet Lee, So-Young
Kim, Eun-Gyeong
Park, Jae-Ryoung
Ryu, Young-Hyun
Moon, Won
Park, Gyu-Hwan
Ubaidillah, Mohammad
Ryu, Su-Noh
Kim, Kyung-Min
author_sort Lee, So-Young
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description Peat moss is an organic substance corroded by sphagnum moss and has a pH of 3.0–4.0. Elemental sulfur is sulfated and oxidized by the action of bacteria to become sulfuric acid. These biological factors can alter the soil environment. Blueberries require soil with a pH of 4.5–5.2 and high organic matter content. In this experiment, we investigated whether different treatment rates of peat moss, elemental sulfur, and sulfur-oxidizing bacteria affect changes in soil pH, physicochemical properties, and electrical conductivity. We detected strong changes in soil pH as a reaction to the supply of peat moss, elemental sulfur, and sulfur-oxidizing bacteria. The pH of the soil when peat moss and elemental sulfur each were supplied was reduced. In addition, the pH decreased faster when elemental sulfur and sulfur-oxidizing bacteria were supplied together than elemental sulfur alone, satisfying an acidic soil environment suitable for blueberry cultivation. In this experiment, it is shown that peat moss, elemental sulfur, and sulfur-oxidizing bacteria are suitable for lowering soil pH. It was demonstrated that when elemental sulfur and sulfur-oxidizing bacteria were treated together, the pH decreased faster than when treated with peat moss. It could be economically beneficial to farmers to use elemental sulfur and sulfur-oxidizing bacteria, which are cheaper than peat moss, to reduce the pH of the soil.
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spelling pubmed-84698012021-09-27 Effect on Chemical and Physical Properties of Soil Each Peat Moss, Elemental Sulfur, and Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacteria Lee, So-Young Kim, Eun-Gyeong Park, Jae-Ryoung Ryu, Young-Hyun Moon, Won Park, Gyu-Hwan Ubaidillah, Mohammad Ryu, Su-Noh Kim, Kyung-Min Plants (Basel) Article Peat moss is an organic substance corroded by sphagnum moss and has a pH of 3.0–4.0. Elemental sulfur is sulfated and oxidized by the action of bacteria to become sulfuric acid. These biological factors can alter the soil environment. Blueberries require soil with a pH of 4.5–5.2 and high organic matter content. In this experiment, we investigated whether different treatment rates of peat moss, elemental sulfur, and sulfur-oxidizing bacteria affect changes in soil pH, physicochemical properties, and electrical conductivity. We detected strong changes in soil pH as a reaction to the supply of peat moss, elemental sulfur, and sulfur-oxidizing bacteria. The pH of the soil when peat moss and elemental sulfur each were supplied was reduced. In addition, the pH decreased faster when elemental sulfur and sulfur-oxidizing bacteria were supplied together than elemental sulfur alone, satisfying an acidic soil environment suitable for blueberry cultivation. In this experiment, it is shown that peat moss, elemental sulfur, and sulfur-oxidizing bacteria are suitable for lowering soil pH. It was demonstrated that when elemental sulfur and sulfur-oxidizing bacteria were treated together, the pH decreased faster than when treated with peat moss. It could be economically beneficial to farmers to use elemental sulfur and sulfur-oxidizing bacteria, which are cheaper than peat moss, to reduce the pH of the soil. MDPI 2021-09-14 /pmc/articles/PMC8469801/ /pubmed/34579434 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants10091901 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Lee, So-Young
Kim, Eun-Gyeong
Park, Jae-Ryoung
Ryu, Young-Hyun
Moon, Won
Park, Gyu-Hwan
Ubaidillah, Mohammad
Ryu, Su-Noh
Kim, Kyung-Min
Effect on Chemical and Physical Properties of Soil Each Peat Moss, Elemental Sulfur, and Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacteria
title Effect on Chemical and Physical Properties of Soil Each Peat Moss, Elemental Sulfur, and Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacteria
title_full Effect on Chemical and Physical Properties of Soil Each Peat Moss, Elemental Sulfur, and Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacteria
title_fullStr Effect on Chemical and Physical Properties of Soil Each Peat Moss, Elemental Sulfur, and Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacteria
title_full_unstemmed Effect on Chemical and Physical Properties of Soil Each Peat Moss, Elemental Sulfur, and Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacteria
title_short Effect on Chemical and Physical Properties of Soil Each Peat Moss, Elemental Sulfur, and Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacteria
title_sort effect on chemical and physical properties of soil each peat moss, elemental sulfur, and sulfur-oxidizing bacteria
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8469801/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34579434
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants10091901
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