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Abstract
Purpose
In the present study, the levels of some essential micronutrients (Fe, Co, Zn and Cu) were determined in the laterite soils located in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu. The aim of the present work is to assess the levels of micronutrients like Iron, Copper, Zinc and Cobalt in soils and analyze the aptness of the soil for crop production.
Methodology
The soils were processed and analyzed for these metals using atomic absorption spectrophotometer.
Findings:
The results showed that the levels of Fe were higher (146.98mg/kg) in soils obtained from Munchirai(S1). This trend was followed by Cu with the highest amount (25.65mg/kg) determine at Melpuram(S2). Similarly, Zn and Co had their highest levels (96.76 mg/kg Zn, 21.08 mg/kg Co) in soils obtained from Thuckalay(S5) and Melpuram(S2) respectively.
Implications
These study revealed that the accumulation of these micronutrients depended not only on the availability of these metals in the five stations but also on other factors which were not considered in the study.
Originality
The study was done in the Department of Chemistry, Sree Devi Kumari Women’s College, Kuzhithurai, TN, India
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References
Ajibola V.O and Ozigis I, (2005). Partitioning of some heavy metals in Kaduna Street soils. Journal of Chemical Society of Nigeria, 30(1): 62-66.
Aluko O.O and Oluwande, P.A, (2003). Characterization of leachates from a municipal solid waste landfill site in Ibadan, Nigeria. Journal of Environmental Health Research, 2: 83-84.
Fageria, N.K., Baligar, V.C. and Clark, R.B. (2002) Micronutrients in Crop Production. Advances in Agronomy, 77,185-268. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0065-2113(02)77015-6 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0065-2113(02)77015-6
Gupta, U.C., Kening, W. and Siyuan, L. (2008) Micronutrients in Soils, Crops and Livestock. Earth Science Frontiers,15, 110-125. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1872-5791(09)60003-8 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1872-5791(09)60003-8
Heathcoke GR, Stockinger KR (1990). Soil fertility under continuous cultivation in northern Nigeria 2: Response to fertiliser in the absence of manures. Exp. Agric. 6: 345-350. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0014479700009832 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0014479700009832
Jung M.E (2008). Heavy metal concentrations in soils and factors affecting metal uptake by plants in the vicinity of a Korean Cu-W mine sensors 8, 2413-2423. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/s8042413
Oskwe, S.A, Akpoveta, O.V, and Oskwe, J.O., (2014). The impact of Nigerian Flood Disaster on the soil Quality of farmlands in Oshimili South Local government area of Delta state, Nigeria. Chemistry and Material Research,3 (6) 68-77.
Renwick, A.G. and Walker, R. (2008) Risk Assessment of Micronutrients. Toxicology Letters, 180, 123-130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxlet.2008.05.009 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxlet.2008.05.009
Rudnick, R.L. and Gao, S. (2003) The Composition of the Continental Crust. In: Holland, H.D. and Turekian, K.K., Eds., Treatise on Geochemistry, Vol. 3, The Crust, Elsevier-Pergamon, Oxford, 1-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/b0-08-043751-6/03016-4 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B0-08-043751-6/03016-4
Sharma C.P (2006). Plant Micronutrient. First Edition, Science Publisher, New Hampshire, USA.5-10.