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Fundamentals of Soil Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC)

Soils can be thought of as storehouses for plant nutrients. Many nutrients, such as calcium and magnesium, may be supplied to plants solely from reserves held in the soil. Others like potassium are ...
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Cation exchange capacity analyzed for nursery pine bark substrates

Researchers determined the variability of cation exchange capacity in different batches of pine bark and studied the influence of particle size, substrate pH, and peat amendment on CEC. Part of the ...
University of Delaware

Salt Measurements and Soil Classifications

Soils have a natural characteristic called the cation exchange capacity (CEC) that allows them to hold (and exchange) cations (e.g., Ca+2 or Na+). These cations are held tight enough on the CEC that ...
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Interspecific differences in aluminium tolerance in relation to root cation-exchange capacity

Vol. 146, No. 1/2, Selected papers from the PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON GENETIC ASPECTS OF PLANT MINERAL NUTRITION (October 1992), pp. 77-82 (6 pages) Genotypic differences in ...
JSTOR Daily

Determination of cation exchange capacity of woody plant roots using ammonium acetate extractant

Plant and Soil, Vol. 68, No. 1 (1982), pp. 135-138 (4 pages) A rapid exchange procedure using ammonium acetate as an extractant was developed for measurement of cation exchange capacity (CEC) of plant ...
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Cation exchange capacity analyzed for nursery pine bark substrates

WOOSTER, OH - A new study contains valuable recommendations that can inform container nursery fertilization practices in the northeastern United States. In this region, most nursery substrates are ...