A rapid nondigestion method for determination of potassium in plant tissue

Sahrawat, K L (1980) A rapid nondigestion method for determination of potassium in plant tissue. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 11 (7). pp. 753-757. ISSN 0010-3624

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Abstract

A simple, rapid and precise method that does not involve digestion has been described for determination of plant K. The method involves shaking of 0.5 g of finely ground plant materials with 40 ml of 0.5 N HC1 for 5 minutes. The extract is filtered and read in an Atomic absorption spectrophotometer for K. The method gives K values that are in close agreement with those obtained with conventional digestion techniques for different crop plants and provides better precision and rapidity for determination of K in plant tissue

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Uncontrolled Keywords: Triacid digestion, HCl extraction, ammonium acetate, ammomium acetate‐magnesium acetate, H2SO4‐Se digest, Crops
Subjects: Others > Entomology
Depositing User: Mr B K Murthy
Date Deposited: 05 Feb 2014 06:27
Last Modified: 05 Feb 2014 06:27
URI: http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/7359
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00103628009367077
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