期刊
PLANTS-BASEL
卷 10, 期 9, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/plants10091901
关键词
pH; organic matter content; physicochemical property; acidic soil; blueberry
资金
- National Research Foundation of Korea [NRF-2017R1D1A3B04028676]
- 2021 Kyungpook National University BK21 FOUR Graduate Innovation Project (International Joint Research Project for Graduate Students)
The experiment demonstrated that peat moss, elemental sulfur, and sulfur-oxidizing bacteria are suitable for lowering soil pH, with the combination of elemental sulfur and sulfur-oxidizing bacteria showing faster results than peat moss alone. This suggests that using elemental sulfur and sulfur-oxidizing bacteria could be a cost-effective way for farmers to create acidic soil environments suitable for blueberry cultivation.
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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