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Development of acid soil conditioning agent from lignin by ozone treatment I

Journal of Wood Science volume 54, pages 214–219 (2008)Cite this article

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A purified softwood kraft lignin was modified by ozone treatment and its activity as an acid soil conditioning agent, mainly focusing on elimination of aluminum toxicity, was assayed by planting experiments. The growth of radish root was examined in nutrient solution containing CaCl2 and AlCl3 at pH 4.8 with and without modified kraft lignins. The modified kraft lignins that absorbed 1.8 and 3.9 moles of ozone per C6-C3 unit (M w 180) showed two effects: the elimination of aluminum toxicity and the acceleration of root growth. The effect on the elimination of aluminum toxicity was observed even with modified kraft lignin that absorbed 1.0 mole of ozone per C6-C3 unit. The high molecular weight part of the modified kraft lignin that absorbed 3.9 moles of ozone per C6-C3 unit also proved to be effective not only in elimination of aluminum toxicity but also in acceleration of root growth. The acceleration effect of ozone-treated lignins on root growth was also observed under the absence of aluminum in planting experiments.

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  1. Laboratory of Biomass Sciences, Department of Forest Sciences and Resources, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, 1866 Kameino, Fujisawa, 252-8510, Japan

    Hikaru Aimi, Satoshi Ohmura, Tamao Kato, Tomoko Nakahara & Kazumasa Shimizu

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This report was presented in part at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society, Akita, Japan, August 2006

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Aimi, H., Ohmura, S., Kato, T. et al. Development of acid soil conditioning agent from lignin by ozone treatment I. J Wood Sci 54, 214–219 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10086-007-0928-2

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