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Transformation of phosphorus in highly calcareous soils under field capacity and waterlogged conditions

E. Adhami A C, A. Ronaghi B, N. Karimian B and R. Molavi A

A College of Agriculture, Yasouj University, Yasouj, Iran.
B Department of Soil Science, College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
C Corresponding author. Email: eadhami@gmail.com

Soil Research 50(3) 249-255 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SR11250
Submitted: 20 September 2011  Accepted: 7 May 2012   Published: 30 May 2012
 
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Abstract

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the transformation of applied inorganic phosphorus (P) in highly calcareous soils under two moisture regimes. The experimental design was a factorial combination of two rates of P (0 and 300 mg P kg–1 as KH2PO4) and two moisture regimes (field capacity, FC; waterlogged, WL) in a completely randomised design in duplicate with 20 surface soil samples. The fractionation sequence of inorganic P included successive extraction with NaHCO3, NH4 acetate buffer (NH4OAc), MgCl2, NH4F, NaOH–Na2CO3 (HC), Na citrate–bicarbonate–dithionite (CBD), and H2SO4 carried out 80 and 160 days after incubation. Recovery of applied P in each fraction was calculated as the difference between samples treated and untreated with P. Results indicated that NaHCO3-P decreased from 80 to 160 days, and the decrement was higher under WL than FC moisture regime. The NH4OAc-P was lower under WL than FC at 160 days, while P associated with free and crystalline Fe and Al oxides (NH4F-P, HC-P, CBD-P) was higher under WL than FC for both incubation periods. Oxalate-, citrate-, and citrate–ascorbate-extractable iron under FC and in conjunction with oxalate- and CBD-extractable aluminium and quinone- and hydroxylamine–hydrochloride-extractable manganese were the most influential factors regulating all P fractions. Results of the present study revealed that transformation of applied P into Al- and Fe-P fractions is not as low as previously reported in highly calcareous soils and that Al- and Fe-P oxides may be important in P transformation of these soils, especially in waterlogged condition.

Additional keywords: inorganic phosphorus, NaHCO3-P, pedogenic Ca-P, Al-P and Fe-P.


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