Growth and phosphorus uptake of faba bean and cotton are related to Colwell-P concentrations in the subsoil of Vertosols

Recent studies report low and variable phosphorus (P) fertiliser use efficiency (PUE) for cotton in the northern grains region (NGR) of eastern Australia. This may be due to cotton accessing P pools that are not currently tested for in the subsoil (10–30 cm) or variation in response to P source and placement strategy. Two glasshouse studies were used to investigate this, incorporating two soil P tests to assess readily and slowly available P pools (Colwell, and a dilute acid colloquially referred to as the BSES extractant), and five different P fertiliser placement strategies in the subsoil. Eighteen Vertosols were collected across southern to central Queensland in the NGR, and then used to grow faba bean (Vicia faba L.) and cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) sequentially in the same 28-L pot. Readily available P pools assessed by Colwell-P were of major importance for faba bean and cotton dry matter, as well as for tissue P concentrations. Cotton was less responsive to extractable subsoil P concentrations than faba bean, suggesting either greater internal PUE or improved ability to accumulate P under conditions of limited availability. We recommend that subsoil P fertilisation should occur before sowing faba bean to maximise PUE in a cotton–faba bean rotation. Faba bean and cotton both recovered more P when the subsoil was fertilised, but no individual P fertiliser placement strategy was superior. Phosphorus extracted using the BSES method was not correlated with faba bean or cotton dry matter or tissue P concentration over the single crop cycle. We also recommend that Colwell-P be measured in the topsoil and subsoil to understand the quantity of plant-available P in Vertosols of the NGR, and that further research is needed to describe the resupply of the readily available P pool from slowly available P pools during a single crop cycle.

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Phosphorus dynamics during early soil development in extreme environment

10.5194/soil-2021-65 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Zuzana Frkova ◽

Chiara Pistocchi ◽

Yuliya Vystavna ◽

Katerina Capkova ◽

Jiri Dolezal ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Isotopic Composition ◽

Soil Development ◽

Parent Material ◽

Available P ◽

Extreme Condition ◽

Organic P ◽

Soil P ◽

Early Stages ◽

P Pools ◽

Microbial P

Abstract. At the early stages of pedogenesis, the dynamics of phosphorus (P) in soils are controlled by microbial communities, the physicochemical properties of the soil and the environmental conditions. While various microorganisms involved in carrying out biogeochemical processes have been identified, little is known about the actual contribution of microbial processes, such as organic P hydrolysis and microbial P turnover, to P cycling. We thus focused on processes driven by microbes and how they affect the size and cycling of organic and inorganic soil P pools along a soil chronosequence in the Chamser Kangri glacier forefield (Western Himalayas). The rapid retreat of the glacier allowed us to study the early stages of soil formation under cold arid climate. Biological P transformations were studied with the help of the isotopic composition of oxygen (O) in phosphate (δ18OP) coupled to sequential P fractionation performed on soil samples from four sites of different age spanning 0 to 100–150 years. The mineral P, i.e. 1M HCl-extractable P, represented still 95 % of the total P stock after approximately 100 years of soil development. Its isotopic composition was similar to the parent material also at the most developed site. Primary phosphate minerals, therefore, mostly composed this pool. The δ18OP of the available P and the P bound to Fe and Al oxides instead differed from that of the parent material, suggesting that these pools underwent biological turnover. The isotopic composition of O in of the available P was mostly controlled by the microbial P, suggesting fast exchanges occurred between these two pools possibly fostered by repeated freezing-thawing and drying-rewetting cycles. The release of P from organic P become increasingly important with soil age, constituting one third of the P flux to available P at the oldest site. Accordingly, the lighter isotopic composition of the P bound to Fe and Al oxides at the oldest site indicated that this pool contained phosphate released by organic P mineralization. Compared to previous studies on early pedogenesis under alpine or cold climate, our findings suggest a much slower decrease of the P-bearing primary minerals during the first 100 years of soil development under extreme condition. However, they provide evidence that, by driving short-term P dynamics, microbes play an important role in controlling the redistribution of primary P into inorganic and organic soil P pools.

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Soil Phosphorus Fractions as Influenced by Different Cropping Systems: Direct and Indirect Effects of Soil properties on Different P Pools of Nitisols of Wolayta, Ethiopia

Asia Pacific Journal of Energy and Environment ◽

10.18034/apjee.v3i1.227 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 17-24

Author(s):

Shiferaw Boke ◽

Sheleme Beyene ◽

Heluf Gebrekidan

Keyword(s):

Path Analysis ◽

Soil Properties ◽

Direct Effect ◽

Indirect Effect ◽

Cropping Systems ◽

Available P ◽

Analysis Model ◽

Soil P ◽

Olsen P ◽

P Pools

Data from 12 surface soils (0 – 15 cm depth)of three cropping systems (enset, maize and grazing land) and path analysis was used to evaluate effects of soil properties: pH, texture (Clay, silt and sand) , organic carbon (OC) cation exchange capacity (CEC),citrate-dithionite-bicarbonate (CDB) extractable Fe and Al (Fed and Ald) on total phosphorous (Pt), organic phosphorous (Po), Olsen P (Available P) and Chang and Jackson (1957) inorganic phosphorous (Pi) fractions. Correlation analysis was performed to study the relationships between soil properties and different soil P pools while path analysis model was used to evaluate direct and indirect effect of these soil properties on the P pools. Only soil properties that significantly contribute to the fit of the model were used. High significant values of coefficient of determination (R2) and low values of uncorrelated residual (U) values indicate the path analysis model explains most of the variations in soil Pt, Po, Olsen-P, Saloid-P, Ca-P, Al-P, and Fe-P pools. Soil pH had significantly high and positive direct effect (D = 0.618*) on Pt, (D = 1.044***) on saloid P, and (D = 1.109***) on Fe-P with modest and negative indirect effect (D= -0.478 and -0.405) on saloid P and Fe-P, respectively, through OC. The direct effect of clay on Ca-P, Al-P and Fe-P (readily available P forms) was significant and negative with a relatively higher indirect effect on Fe-P through pH suggesting that clay is dominant soil property that influences readily available P pools in Nitisols of the study area. Fed had significant and negative direct effect (D = -0.430*) on Olsen available P with low negative indirect effect ( D = -0.154) through pH results in significant and negative correlation (r = -0.657*). The significant and negative direct effect of Fed on Olsen P indicates that crystalline iron is the sink for available P. Relative influence of the soil properties on the soil P pools was in the order: pH > clay > Fed > OC. These results show that most of P pools of Nitisols of Wolayita are best predicted from pH, clay (texture), Fed and OC. On the other hand, our data also show that the inclusion of other soil variables is needed to fully predict Ca-P and stable P pools.

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PHOSPHORUS-MOBILIZATION STRATEGY BASED ON CARBOXYLATE EXUDATION IN LUPINS (LUPINUS, FABACEAE): A MECHANISM FACILITATING THE GROWTH AND PHOSPHORUS ACQUISITION OF NEIGHBOURING PLANTS UNDER PHOSPHORUS-LIMITED CONDITIONS

Experimental Agriculture ◽

10.1017/s0014479716000351 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 53 (2) ◽

pp. 308-319 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

D. M. S. B. DISSANAYAKA ◽

W. M. K. R. WICKRAMASINGHE ◽

BUDDHI MARAMBE ◽

JUN WASAKI

Keyword(s):

Plant Species ◽

Lupinus Albus ◽

Available P ◽

White Lupin ◽

P Availability ◽

Soil P ◽

Positive Effects ◽

P Acquisition ◽

P Pools ◽

Carboxylate Exudation

SUMMARYThe capability of some plant species to mobilize phosphorus (P) from poorly available soil P fractions can improve P availability for P-inefficient plant species in intercropping. White lupin (Lupinus albus) has been investigated as a model P-mobilizing plant for its capability of enhancing the P acquisition of neighbouring species under P-limited conditions. To date, investigations have led to contrasting findings, where some reports have described a positive effect of intercropped lupins on companion plants, whereas others have revealed no effects. This review summarizes the literature related to lupin–cereal intercropping. It explores the underpinning mechanisms that influence interspecific facilitation of P acquisition. The P-mobilization-based facilitation by lupins to enhance P-acquisition of co-occurring plant species is determined by both available P concentration and P-sorption capacity of soil, and the root intermingling capacity among two plant partners enabling rhizosphere overlapping. In lupin–cereal intercropping, lupin enhances the below-ground concentration of labile P pools through mobilization of P from sparingly available P pools, which is accomplished through carboxylate exudation, where neighbouring species acquire part of the mobilized P. The non-P-mobilizing species benefit only under P-limited conditions when they immediately occupy the maximum soil volume influenced by P-mobilizing lupin. Positive effects of mixed cropping are apparent in alkaline, neutral and acidic soils. However, the facilitation of P acquisition by lupins to companion species is eliminated when soil becomes strongly P-sorbing. In such soils, the limitation of root growth can result in poorer root intermingling between two species. The P mobilized by lupins might not be acquired by neighbouring species because it is bound to P-sorbing compounds. We suggest that the lupins can be best used as P-mobilizing plant species to enhance P acquisition of P-inefficient species under P-limited conditions when plant species are grown with compatible crops and soil types that facilitate sharing of rhizosphere functions among intercropped partners.

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Effectiveness of the water-insoluble component of triple superphosphate for yield and phosphorus uptake by plants

The Journal of Agricultural Science ◽

10.1017/s0021859603002971 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 140 (3) ◽

pp. 267-274 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

A. E. JOHNSTON ◽

I. R. RICHARDS

Keyword(s):

Dry Matter ◽

Water Solubility ◽

Relative Effectiveness ◽

Phosphorus Uptake ◽

Organic Matter Content ◽

Available P ◽

Organic Carbon Content ◽

Triple Superphosphate ◽

Agronomic Effectiveness ◽

The Uk

The water-insoluble phosphorus (P) component (‘residue source’) was separated from four commercial triple superphosphate (TSP) products and its agronomic effectiveness evaluated. Two of the TSP products were sourced from the USA and two from the UK. Effectiveness was measured using a pot trial technique with ryegrass as the test crop. The residue sources were evaluated on 13 soils varying in key properties: readily plant-available P, texture, pH and organic matter content. Four of the soils were from Germany, one from Spain, five from the UK and three from France. Grass dry-matter yield and P offtake were measured at every cut on every soil. For both of these variables, significant responses to applied P were obtained on all soils. Mono-calcium phosphate (MCP) was used as the comparative P source and effectiveness of the residue sources was estimated relative to that of MCP. Using dry-matter data, the residue sources were 44–87% as effective as MCP; P offtake data provided corresponding estimates of 35–79%. Both methods of estimation indicated the same ranking of residue sources in terms of relative effectiveness, those derived from USA products being more effective than those derived from UK products. The ranking was the same for all soils. The effectiveness of the residue sources relative to that of MCP appeared little affected by measured soil properties: texture, pH, available P or organic carbon content. The results indicate there is little difference in agronomic effectiveness of TSP products with water solubility greater than 85%.

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Phosphorus dynamics during early soil development in a cold desert: insights from oxygen isotopes in phosphate

SOIL ◽

10.5194/soil-8-1-2022 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 1-15

Author(s):

Zuzana Frkova ◽

Chiara Pistocchi ◽

Yuliya Vystavna ◽

Katerina Capkova ◽

Jiri Dolezal ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Isotopic Composition ◽

Soil Development ◽

Parent Material ◽

Cold Climate ◽

Available P ◽

Organic P ◽

Soil P ◽

Early Stages ◽

P Pools ◽

Microbial P

Abstract. At the early stages of pedogenesis, the dynamics of phosphorus (P) in soils are controlled by microbial communities, the physicochemical properties of the soil and the environmental conditions. While various microorganisms involved in carrying out biogeochemical processes have been identified, little is known about the actual contribution of microbial processes, such as organic P hydrolysis and microbial P turnover, to P cycling. We thus focused on processes driven by microbes and how they affect the size and cycling of organic and inorganic soil P pools along a soil chronosequence in the Chamser Kangri glacier forefield (Western Himalayas). The rapid retreat of the glacier allowed us to study the early stages of soil formation under a cold arid climate. Biological P transformations were studied with the help of the isotopic composition of oxygen (O) in phosphate (δ18OP) coupled to sequential P fractionation performed on soil samples (0–5 cm depth) from four sites of different age spanning 0 to 100–150 years. The P bound to Ca, i.e., 1 M HCl-extractable P, still represented 95 % of the total P stock after approximately 100 years of soil development. Its isotopic composition was similar to the parent material at the most developed site. Primary phosphate minerals, possibly apatite, mostly comprised this pool. The δ18OP of the available P and the NaOH-extractable inorganic P instead differed from that of the parent material, suggesting that these pools underwent biological turnover. The δ18OP of the available P was mostly controlled by the microbial P, suggesting fast exchanges occurred between these two pools possibly fostered by repeated freezing–thawing and drying–rewetting cycles. The release of P from organic P becomes increasingly important with soil age, constituting one-third of the P flux to available P at the oldest site. Accordingly, the lighter isotopic composition of the P bound to Fe and Al oxides at the oldest site indicated that this pool contained phosphate released by organic P mineralization. Compared to previous studies on early pedogenesis under alpine or cold climate, our findings suggest a much slower decrease of the P-bearing primary minerals during the first 100 years of soil development under extreme conditions. However, they provide evidence that, by driving short-term P dynamics, microbes play an important role in controlling the redistribution of primary P into inorganic and organic soil P pools.

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Response of Wheat to Foliar and Soil P Fertilization on Grain Yield and Phosphorus use Efficiency in Southeastern Algeria

Indian Journal of Agricultural Research ◽

10.18805/ijare.a-576 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

N. Boukhalfa-Deraoui ◽

L. Hanifi-Mekliche ◽

A. Mekliche

Keyword(s):

Grain Yield ◽

Available P ◽

Wheat Crop ◽

Phosphorus Use Efficiency ◽

P Deficiency ◽

Soil P ◽

P Use Efficiency ◽

P Fertilizer ◽

Use Efficiency ◽

Triticum Durum Desf

Background: P deficiency is very common in alkaline - calcareous soil. Therefore, application of foliar-absorbed fertilizers may be an effective strategy to overcome the low bioavailability of phosphorus in soil, by improving phosphorus use efficiency and reduced nutrients loses.Methods: A field experiment was carried out in 2006-07 growing season at El-Menia (southeastern Algeria) to evaluated the effect of two foliar P (agriphos and leader-start) and three soil P (TSP P 46, Fosfactyl NP 3:22 and NPKs 8:36:13,5+15) on yield and P use efficiency of durum wheat crop Triticum durum Desf. var. Carioca and on available P and total P in soil.Result: Data showed that significant effect of soil P fertilizer on grain yield components (ears m-², grains ear-1 and the 1000 grains weight), grain P use efficiency and available P in soil. The best values were recorded by NPKs fertilizer, but no differences were observed for these parameters among foliar fertilizer sources.

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Changes in soil phosphorus balance and phosphorus-use efficiency under long-term fertilization conducted on agriculturally used Chernozem in Germany

Canadian Journal of Soil Science ◽

10.1139/cjss-2018-0061 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 98 (4) ◽

pp. 650-662 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Tetiana Medinski ◽

Dirk Freese ◽

Thomas Reitz

Keyword(s):

Soil Phosphorus ◽

Spring Barley ◽

Farmyard Manure ◽

Available P ◽

Phosphorus Use Efficiency ◽

P Fertilization ◽

Mineral N ◽

Efficient Treatment ◽

Soil P ◽

Use Efficiency

This study investigates changes in soil phosphorus (P) in different fertilization treatments applied since 1902 on Chernozem soil at a “Static Fertilization Experiment” in Germany. Total and plant-available soil P, and soil P balances were assessed at 0–30, 30–60, and 60–90 cm depth layers in unfertilized “Zero”, mineral “NK” and “NPK”, and combined mineral and organic “FYM + NK” (farmyard manure + NK) and “FYM + NPK” fertilization treatments. P-use efficiencies were determined for each crop in rotation (sugar beet, spring barley, potato, and winter wheat). The 110 yr of P fertilization at rates between 22 and 55 t ha−1 yr−1 resulted in a significant increase of available P contents. P stocks increased up to 60 cm depth. Total P accumulation comprised 1.4 t ha−1 for NPK, 1.3 t ha−1 for FYM + NK, and 3.1 t ha−1 for FYM + NPK. Crops cultivation without P fertilization in Zero and NK treatments resulted in negative P balances and reduction of available P below recommended levels. Reduction of mineral P application rates after 1981, along with crop variety-dependent yield increases, resulted in an improved P-use efficiency. An organic fertilization combined with mineral N and K fertilizers (FYM + NK) was found to be the most P-efficient treatment for Chernozem soils.

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Micorrizas arbusculares e absorção de fósforo em função da capacidade de fixação de fósforo do solo e da competição com a microbiota

Revista Brasileira de Geografia Física ◽

10.26848/rbgf.v13.3.p1062-1079 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 1062

Author(s):

Regina Lúcia Félix de Aguiar Lima

Keyword(s):

Mycorrhizal Fungi ◽

Dry Matter ◽

Arbuscular Mycorrhizae ◽

Specific Activity ◽

Phosphorus Uptake ◽

Dry Mass ◽

Soil P ◽

P Fixation ◽

P Content ◽

Fixation Capacity

Fungos micorrízicos arbusculares (FMA) se associam às raízes das plantas e incrementam a absorção de fósforo (P), macronutriente com baixa mobilidade no solo. A capacidade de fixação de P do solo e a competição com a biota heterotrófica afetam sua disponibilidade para plantas. Visando avaliar a contribuição dos FMA na absorção de P em solos com capacidade crescente de fixação ou em situação de competição com a biota foram realizados experimentos em vasos compartimentalizados cultivados com braquiária associada a FMA, contendo substrato marcado com 32P. Foram quantificadas a massa seca das plantas, o conteúdo e a atividade específica do P. No experimento 1 avaliou-se a absorção de P por raízes e hifas de FMA ou somente por hifas em solos com alta, média e baixa capacidade fixação de P. No experimento 2 avaliou-se a absorção de P por raízes e hifas de FMA ou somente por hifas em solos com alta e baixa capacidade fixação de P em situação de competição com a biota do solo ativada por fontes de carbono. O aumento da capacidade de fixação de P pelo solo resultou em diminuição de massa seca, conteúdo de P e atividade específica nas plantas. No solo com alta fixação de P, plantas com absorção exclusiva por hifas de FMA tiveram aumento da massa seca e conteúdo de P. Em situação de competição, houve diminuição na massa seca e no conteúdo de P nas plantas. Plantas com absorção por raízes e hifas de FMA tiveram maior atividade específica de P. Arbuscular mycorrhizae and phosphorus uptake in soils as a function of adsorption capacity and competition with microbiota A B S T R A C TArbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are associated with plant roots and increase the absorption of phosphorus (P), macronutrient with low soil mobility. Soil P fixation capacity and competition with heterotrophic biota affect its availability. To evaluate the contribution of AMF to P uptake in soils with increasing fixation capacity or in competition with biota, experiments were carried out in compartmentalized pots cultivated with AMF-associated Brachiaria decumbens containing 32P-labeled substrate. Plant dry mass, content and specific activity of P. were quantified. In experiment 1, the absorption of P by roots and hyphae of AMF or only by hyphae in soils with high, medium and low P. fixation capacity was evaluated. In experiment 2, the absorption of P by roots and hyphae of AMF or only by hyphae in soils with high and low P fixation capacity in competition with carbon-activated soil biota was evaluated. Increasing P fixation capacity by soil resulted in decreased dry matter, P content and specific activity in plants. In soil with high P fixation, plants with exclusive absorption by FMA hyphae had increased dry matter and P content. In a competition situation, there was a decrease in dry matter and P content in plants. Plants absorbed by roots and hyphae of AMF had higher P-specific activity.Keywords: 32P, P-soil fixing, AMF, extraradical mycelium, hyphal absorption

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Variability of soybean germplasm in relation to phosphorus uptake and use efficiency

Scientia Agricola ◽

10.1590/s0103-90162002000300018 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 59 (3) ◽

pp. 529-536 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Ângela Maria Cangiani Furlani ◽

Pedro Roberto Furlani ◽

Roberto Tetsuo Tanaka ◽

Hipólito Assunção Antonio Mascarenhas ◽

Margarida das Dores Paes Delgado

Keyword(s):

Nutrient Solution ◽

Dry Matter ◽

Phosphorus Uptake ◽

Efficiency Index ◽

Yield Potential ◽

Plant Responses ◽

P Availability ◽

P Efficiency ◽

Soybean Cultivars ◽

Use Efficiency

Plant efficiency for phosphorus uptake and utilization may contribute to improve crop yield potential in situations of low P availability. Twenty nine soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] cultivars were evaluated and classified in relation to the response to phosphorus (P) levels in nutrient solution. P uptake and use efficiency were estimated by the variables: shoot and root dry matter (DM) yield, P-concentrations and contents in plant parts and P-efficiency index (EI). The experiment was conducted in a greenhouse, during 1999, at Campinas, State of São Paulo, Brazil. The experimental design consisted of randomized complete blocks, arranged in split-plots, with three replications. The main plots were the P levels in the nutrient solution (64.5; 129; 258 and 516 mmol L-1), and the subplots were the twenty-nine soybean cultivars, grouped according days to maturity. The plants were harvested at flowering, separated in shoots and roots for dry matter determination and chemical analysis. The analyses of variance indicated differences in plant responses to P-levels and cultivars. Multivariate analysis showed high correlation among the variables shoot-DM, total-DM and shoot P-concentration and P-efficiency index (EI). Cultivars were classified in efficient-responsive (ER)-- 'IAC-1', 'IAC-2', 'IAC-4', 'IAC-5', 'IAC-6', 'IAC-9', 'Sta. Rosa' and 'UFV-1'; efficient-non-responsive (ENR) -- 'IAC-7', 'IAC-11', 'IAC-15', 'S. Carlos' and 'Cristalina'; inefficient-responsive (IR) -- 'IAC-8', 'IAC-10', 'IAC-14', 'Bossier' and 'Foscarin'; and inefficient-non-responsive (INR) -- 'IAC-12', 'IAC-13', 'IAC-16', 'IAC-17', 'IAC-18', 'IAC-19', 'IAC-20', 'IAC-22', 'Paraná', 'IAS-5' and 'BR-4'. The efficient-responsive soybean cultivars showed the highest values for shoot and total DM and EI, and the lowest shoot P-concentrations.

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