Liming of Agronomic Crops

andC. Mackowiak
Other Contacts: Hardeep Singh

Release Date: 1/17/2022

Reviewed At: 1/13/2022

DOI: 10.32473/edis-aa128-2002

Agriculture

Abstract

The primary reason for liming acid soil is to improve the yield or quality of the crop being grown. It is difficult to determine the precise factor that is responsible for the improved growth after liming because a number of soil parameters change simultaneously as soil acidity is altered.

About this Publication

This document is SS-AGR-153, one of a series of the Agronomy Department, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date December 1992. Revised March 2005, July 2011, December 2017, and December 2021. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

How to Cite

Wright, D. L., & Mackowiak, C. (2017). Liming of Agronomic Crops. EDIS, 2017(5). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-aa128-2002

Authors

D. Wright

Extension specialist (deceased), cropping systems & conservation tillage, and professor, Department of Agronomy, UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center, Quincy, FL