To evaluate a fractionation scheme for Zn in a sandy soil (Ultisol) and its relation with Zn availability for Cynodon spp cv. Tifton-85, an experiment was carried out in greenhouse, with a factorial scheme (5 doses of zinc, 2 doses of lime and 2 times of sampling), in a completely randomized block design, with three replications. The doses of Zn were: 0; 2.5; 5.0; 7.5 and 10 mg dm-3; half of the pots did not received liming (V = 42%) and, in the other half, liming was done to increase the base saturation index to 70%. The sampling times were 30 and 150 days after Zn application, before planting and after cut of Tifton-85, respectively. Zinc application increased Zn in the exchangeable, associated to manganese oxides, associated to organic matter and associated to iron oxide fractions. Zinc associated with manganese oxides increased with liming. After 150 days of experimentation exchangeable zinc, Zn associated with manganese oxides, with organic matter and with iron oxides decreased, while residual Zn increased with the time. Zinc distribution was: residual > iron oxides > manganese oxides > exchangeable > organic matter. The relations among the characteristics showed that DTPA-Zn and exchangeable zinc, Zn associated with organic matter, and Zn associated with manganese oxides were efficient to represent the zinc uptake by plants.
sequential extraction; fractionation; liming; tifton
