The objective of this work was to study the distribution of K and Mg reserve in different sand fraction classes of soils from the Triângulo Mineiro region (Minas Gerais state, Brazil), emphasizing the potential to release non-exchangeable and structural forms of these nutrients to plants. Sites were chosen for sampling based on the different parent materials (sandstone – Bauru Group, Granite – Araxá Group, basalt – São Bento Group and sediments – Detritic-Lateritic-Tertiary Cover), weathering degree, and spatial lithology representation. […]

The highly weathered soils developed in the humid tropics have low nutrient reserve in the coarse fractions. To evaluate K and Mg total contents in minerals in the sand and silt fractions, soil samples developed from different parent materials and weathering degree from MG, ES, RS and RR states, Brazil, were selected to be analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD), differential thermal analysis, thermogravimetry and electron microscopy. The total contents of K and Mg of the whole soil and its fractions […]