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Phosphorus desorption from calcareous soils with different initial Olsen-P levels and relation to phosphate fractions

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Purpose

Calcareous soils are characterized by high pH and phosphorus (P) fixation capacity. Increasing application of P fertilizer recently has significantly improved soil P concentration, especially available P (Olsen-P) and inorganic phosphate (Pi) fractions. However, there are few data available on the ability of soils with different initial Olsen-P levels to continuously supply P (i.e., P desorption capacity) to crops without additional P fertilization and on which Pi fraction exerts the greatest influence on P desorption capacity.

Materials and methods

Five soils with different initial Olsen-P levels (0.5, 14.3, 38.4, 55.4, 72.3 mg kg−1, hereafter refer as OP1, OP2, OP3, OP4, and OP5) but similar other soil properties were selected to evaluate the capacity of P desorption and its relationship with Pi fractions. Soil P was sequentially extracted once daily for 16 consecutive days using Olsen solution.

Results and discussion

The content and proportions of dicalcium phosphate fraction (Ca2-P), octacalcium phosphate fraction (Ca8-P), aluminum phosphorus fraction (Al-P), and iron phosphorus fraction (Fe-P) in Pi increased significantly with the increase of initial Olsen-P (P < 0.01). Applied P fertilizer was mostly stored as Ca8-P in the soil. Soil P desorbed reached an equilibrium after 16 extractions for all soils, and P desorption capacity (12–358 mg kg−1) showed a significant linear relationship with initial Olsen-P (P < 0.01), with an increase of 4.2 mg kg−1 desorbed P per 1 mg kg−1 increase of initial Olsen-P. Ca2-P exerted the conclusive effect on P desorption in the first four extractions, but Ca8-P played a more important role in the 16 extractions.

Conclusions

Ca8-P was the greatest potential pool for P desorption after Ca2-P was depleted. P desorption capacity was significantly linearly related to initial Olsen-P (P < 0.01). Different fertilizer use strategies were developed based on P desorption capacity for soils with different initial Olsen-P levels. The present study provided basic data on how to reduce effectively the application amount of chemical P fertilizer.

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This research was funded by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2016YFD0200301) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41601238).

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  1. Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Beijing, 100081, China

    Yan Shen, Yinghua Duan & Minggang Xu

  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Changchun, 130102, China

    Yan Shen

  3. Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, K1A 0C6, Canada

    Neil McLaughlin

  4. Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Plant Nutrient and Environmental Resources, Zhengzhou, 450002, China

    Shaomin Huang & Doudou Guo

  5. Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, South Subtropical Crops Research Institute, Zhanjiang, 524091, China

    Minggang Xu

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Shen, Y., Duan, Y., McLaughlin, N. et al. Phosphorus desorption from calcareous soils with different initial Olsen-P levels and relation to phosphate fractions. J Soils Sediments 19, 2997–3007 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-019-02292-9

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