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Extensive cropping leads to higher removal of silicon (Si) from the soils and makes it a limiting element for various crops. Application of silicic acid (H4SiO4) has limited scope due to high cost, low solubility, and high polymerization. The biogenic sources of Si are alternative to silicic acid (H4SiO4) and Si release from these sources is a function of different soil properties like pH, redox potential, texture etc. Kinetics release of plant available Si (PASi) from various organic and inorganic sources was evaluated in texturally different soils such as sandy loam (SL), sandy clay loam (SCL), and clay (CL) under a 60-day incubation study. Our findings suggest that the highest cumulative release of Si (cSi) was observed in SCL (47.6 mg/L) in control sets without any amendments. The highest cSi release among plant residue amendments was observed by bamboo leaves (340 mg/L) and rice husk (RH) (301 mg/L) in SL and SCL soils, respectively. Among biochar amendments, the rice husk biochar (RHB) released the maximum quantity (246.55 and 243.9 mg/L) of Si in SCL and CL soils respectively. Among the ashes, sugarcane bagasse ash had the highest release (316 mg/L) of Si in SCL and RHA which yielded 235.2 Si mg/L in CL soil for 60days. Silicon release kinetics for these sets of systems showed a diffusive behavior of Si being released from amendments primarily dependent on soil type.
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Sohail, M.I., ur Rehman, M.Z., Rizwan, M. et al. Effect of biochars, biogenic, and inorganic amendments on dissolution and kinetic release of phytoavailable silicon in texturally different soils under submerged conditions. Arab J Geosci 13, 376 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-020-05399-3
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