Phosphorus Fertilization Increases Biomass and Nutrient Accumulation Under Improved Fallow Management in a Slash-and-Mulch System in Eastern Amazonia, Brazil

Agroforestry systems are important, globally affecting 1.2 billion people and covering 0.6 billion hectares. They are often cited for providing ecosystem services, such as augmenting soil fertility via N accumulation and increasing soil C stocks. Improved-fallow slash-and-mulch systems have the potential to do both, while reducing nutrient losses associated with burning. In the absence of burning, these systems also have the potential to grow trees through multiple rotations. This project collected soil, mulch, and biomass data over the course of one 9-year crop-fallow rotation and the first two years of the second rotation. A split-plot design was used to assess the effects of P + K fertilization and inclusion of an N-fixing tree species, Inga edulis, on crop and tree biomass production. Fertilization increased growth and nutrient accumulation during Rotation 1 by an average of 36%, ranging from 11% in Parkia multijuga to 52% in Ceiba pentandra. Residual P + K fertilization improved tree and crop growth 20 months into Rotation 2 by an average of 50%, ranging from 15% in Cedrela odorata to 73% in Schizolobium amazonicum. The improved-fallow slash-and-mulch system increased the rates of secondary succession biomass accumulation (11−15 Mg ha−1 yr−1) by 41–64% compared to natural succession (7–8 Mg ha−1 yr−1). Furthermore, P + K fertilization increased secondary-succession biomass accumulation by 9–24%. Nutrient accumulation through biomass production was adequate to replace nutrients exported via crop root and timber stem harvests.

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Nutrient accumulation at the initial growth of pitaya plants according to phosphorus fertilization

Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical ◽

10.1590/1983-40632016v4640813 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 46 (3) ◽

pp. 230-237 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Rodrigo Amato Moreira ◽

Maria do Céu Monteiro da Cruz ◽

Denison Ramalho Fernandes ◽

Enilson de Barros e Silva ◽

Jéssica de Oliveira

Keyword(s):

Nutrient Uptake ◽

Phosphorus Fertilization ◽

Initial Growth ◽

Nutrient Accumulation ◽

Adequate Nutrition ◽

Fertilizer Recommendation ◽

Macro And Micronutrients ◽

Maximum Expression

ABSTRACT The knowledge about the amount of nutrient uptake in pitaya plants helps the balanced fertilizer recommendation for the crop, providing adequate nutrition and contributing to the maximum expression of this species potential. This research was carried out in order to evaluate the growth, nutrient accumulation and efficiency of absorption, transportation and use of P by pitaya according to phosphorus fertilization. A randomized blocks design was used, with five doses of P (0 mg dm-3, 20 mg dm-3, 40 mg dm-3, 80 mg dm-3 and 160 mg dm-3) incorporated into the soil, with four replications, three pots per plot and one cutting per pot. Differences in the nutrient accumulation of all doses were evident in the pitaya shoots and roots, as well as in the efficiency of absorption, transport and use of P, according to phosphorus fertilization. The nutrient accumulation in the pitaya roots was ranked in the following order: N > K > Ca > S > P > Mg > Fe > Mn > Zn > B ≥ Cu. For the shoots, the order was: K > N > Ca > S > Mg > P > Mn > Fe > Zn > B ≥ Cu. The initial growth of pitaya plants was maximum with 81 mg dm-3 of P, in a Red-Yellow Dystrophic Latosol. The application of 44-67 mg dm3 of P to the soil promoted the highest accumulation of macro and micronutrients in the pitaya.

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Phosphorus fertilization in inbred and hybrid rice

Dhaka University Journal of Biological Sciences ◽

10.3329/dujbs.v19i2.8962 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

pp. 181-187

Author(s):

MR Islam ◽

PK Saha ◽

SK Zaman ◽

MJ Uddin

Keyword(s):

Grain Yield ◽

Key Words ◽

Hybrid Rice ◽

Phosphorus Fertilization ◽

Phosphorus Fertilizer ◽

Yield Difference ◽

P Balance ◽

Rice Genotypes ◽

Boro Rice

Five phosphorus rates (0, 5, 10, 20 and 30 kg P/ha) were tested with four rice genotypes in Boro (BRRI dhan36, BRRI dhan45, EH1 and EH2) and T. Aman (BRRI dhan30, BRRI dhan49, EH1 and EH2) season. Phosphorus rates did not influence grain yield irrespective of varieties in T. Aman season while in Boro season P response was observed among the P rates. Application of P @ 10 kg/ha significantly increased the grain yield. But when P was applied @ 20 and 30 kg P/ha, the grain yield difference was not significant. The optimum and economic rate of P for T. Aman was 20 kg P/ha but in Boro rice the optimum and economic doses of P were 22 and 30 kg/ha, respectively. Hybrid entries (EH1 and EH2) used P more efficiently than inbred varieties. A negative P balance was observed up to 10 kg P/ha. Key words: Response; Phosphorus fertilizer; Inbred; Hybrid rice DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/dujbs.v19i2.8962 DUJBS 2010; 19(2): 181-187

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Nutrient economy through land configuration and residue management in a greengram (Phaseolus radiatus L.)-wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cropping sequence with limited water supplies

Acta Agronomica Hungarica ◽

10.1556/aagr.52.2004.4.6 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 52 (4) ◽

pp. 369-379

Author(s):

B. G. Shivakumar ◽

B. N. Mishra ◽

R. C. Gautam

Keyword(s):

Grain Yield ◽

Agricultural Research ◽

Indian Agricultural Research Institute ◽

Residual Effect ◽

Residue Management ◽

Phosphorus Fertilization ◽

Significant Interaction Effect ◽

Preceding Crop ◽

Cropping Sequence ◽

Phosphorus Application

A field experiment on a greengram-wheat cropping sequence was carried out under limited water supply conditions in 1997-98 and 1998-99 at the farm of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. The greengram was sown either on flat beds or on broad beds 2 m in width, divided by furrows, with 0, 30 and 60 kg P2O5/ha. After the harvest of greengram pods, wheat was grown in the same plots, either with the greengram stover removed or with the stover incorporated along with 0, 40, 80 and 120 kg N/ha applied to wheat. The grain yield of greengram was higher when sown on broad beds with furrows compared to flat bed sowing, and the application of 30 or 60 kg P2O5/ha resulted in significantly higher grain yields compared to no phosphorus application. The combination of broad bed and furrows with phosphorus fertilization was found to be ideal for achieving higher productivity in greengram. The land configuration treatments had no impact on the productivity of wheat. The application of phosphorus to the preceding crop had a significant residual effect on the grain yield of wheat. The incorporation of greengram stover also significantly increased the grain yield of wheat. The increasing levels of N increased the grain yield of wheat significantly up to 80 kg/ha. The combination of greengram stover incorporation and 80 kg N/ha applied to wheat significantly increased the grain yield. Further, there was a significant interaction effect between the phosphorus applied to the preceding crop and N levels given to wheat on the grain yield of wheat.

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PGPR assisted bioremediation of heavy metals and nutrient accumulation in Zea mays under saline sodic soil

Pakistan Journal of Botany ◽

10.30848/pjb2021-1(39) ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 53 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Asad Ullah ◽

Asghari Bano ◽

Hassaan Javed

Keyword(s):

Heavy Metals ◽

Zea Mays ◽

Nutrient Accumulation ◽

Sodic Soil

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Long-term Phosphorus Fertilization for Corn-Soybean Rotations

10.31274/farmprogressreports-180814-2216 ◽

2004 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Antonio P. Mallarino ◽

David Rueber

Keyword(s):

Phosphorus Fertilization

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Phosphorus Fertilization in Ebb and Flow Production of Bedding Plants

HortScience ◽

10.21273/hortsci.33.3.523b ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 33 (3) ◽

pp. 523b-523 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Erin James ◽

Marc van Iersel

Keyword(s):

Dry Mass ◽

Plant Production ◽

Phosphorus Fertilization ◽

Time Interval ◽

Nutrient Runoff ◽

Growing Period ◽

Bedding Plants ◽

Lack Of Information ◽

Bedding Plant ◽

Ebb And Flow

The quantity and quality of available water in the Southeastern United States continues to decline as demands on limited resources increase. Growers will soon be forced to comply with legal limitations on water consumption and limits on nutrient runoff from their operations. A lack of information on standard growing practices using alternative irrigation systems such as ebb and flow is hindering their acceptance and implementation. We are currently conducting a series of experiments to establish basic growing guidelines for the use of ebb and flow in the greenhouse in bedding plant production. In the third of these experiments, Petunia × hybrida Hort. Vilm.-Andr. `Blue Frost' and Begonia × hiemalis Fotsch. `Ambassador Scarlet' were grown for 5 weeks on ebb and flow tables with fertigation solutions (225 ppm N) containing three different levels of phosphorus (0, 50, and 100 ppm). Three soilless media were also used, which varied in their percentage content of vermiculite, perlite, pine bark and coconut coir. For both the begonias and petunias dry mass of the shoot was greatest in plants grown with higher levels of phosphorus. In comparison to plants grown with 0 ppm phosphorous, petunias and begonias grown with 50 or 100 ppm P were 44% and 25% greater in mass, respectively. However, begonias had 38% more flowers when fertigated with the higher levels of phosphorous while petunias flowered earlier with 0 ppm P fertigation solution. The electrical conductivity of the media did not change significantly over the course of the growing period, but the pH dropped by an average of 1 over the same time interval.

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