o:32448 Soil characteristics under spontaneous biocover of Phalaris arundinacea L. in Serbia Odlike zemljišta pod spontanim biopokrivačem Phalaris arundinacea L. u Srbiji en ABSTRACT To investigate the quality of soils suitable for the growth of reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea) L., soil samples and plant material were taken from six different sites in Serbia where the plant grows spontaneously. The basic fertility of the soil was analysed to determine the soil type on which the reed canary grass grows and the content of essential nutrients in the plant material. The soil samples from sites where reed canary grass grows had different pH values, ranging from strongly acidic to almost neutral. The soils differed in humus content, ranging from slightly humic to very humic. The nitrogen content and the available forms of phosphorus in the soil samples were low, while the content of available forms of potassium was medium to well supplied. The lowest nitrogen content and the highest content of potassium and phosphorus were measured in the stalks of reed canary grass. nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, reed canary grass (RCG), soil fertility 1552099 10.52846/aamc.v53i1.1446 1552101 1841-8317 2024-01-22T13:34:43.997Z 44 yes 46 Željko Dželetović University of Belgrade, Institute for the Application of Nuclear Energy INEP, Serbia doktor biotehničkih nauka-oblast ratarstva 0000-0001-9166-7094 Gordana Andrejić University of Belgrade, Institute for the Application of Nuclear Energy INEP, Serbia doktor nauka-ekološke nauke person 0000-0002-5515-9321 Snežana Brajević University of Belgrade, Institute for the Application of Nuclear Energy INEP, Serbia person 0009-0008-7964-8235 Aleksandar Simić University of Belgrade, Faculty of Agriculture, Serbia person application/pdf 412652 https://phaidrabg.bg.ac.rs/o:32448 no yes 1 70 92000001 11A29 11A2906 11A33 Annals of the University of Craiova-Agriculture, Montanology, Cadastre Series 53 1 125 134 University of Craiova, Faculty of Agronomy 2023