Biological P cycling is influenced by the form of P fertilizer in an Oxisol |
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| Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">Andrew?J?MargenotEmail author Rolf?Sommer John?Mukalama Sanjai?J?Parikh |
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| Institution: | 1.Department of Crop Sciences,University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign,Urbana,USA;2.Department of Land, Air and Water Resources,University of California Davis,Davis,USA;3.Soils Program, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT),Nairobi,Kenya |
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| Abstract: | Phosphate rock (PR) is an alternative fertilizer to increase the P content of P-deficient weathered soils. We evaluated the effects of fertilizer form on indicators of biological cycling of P using an on-farm trial on a Rhodic Kandiudox in western Kenya. Treatment plots were sampled after 13 cropping seasons of P applications as Minjingu phosphate rock (PR) or as triple super phosphate (?TSP) (50 kg P ha?1 season?1), as well as a P-unfertilized control (0 kg P ha?1 season?1). Soils (0–15 and 15–30 cm) were analyzed for microbial biomass P (Pmic), activities of acid phosphomonoesterase, alkaline phosphomonoesterase, and phosphodiesterase, and sequentially extractable P fractions. P additions as Minjingu PR yielded 299% greater Pmic than TSP at 0–15-cm depth despite similar labile P concentrations in the two P fertilization treatments and stimulated activities of acid phosphomonoesterase (+39%). When added in the soluble form of TSP, a greater percentage of total soil P was present in mineral-bound forms (+33% Fe- and Al-associated P). Higher soil pH under Minjingu PR (pH 5.35) versus TSP (pH 5.02) and the P-unfertilized treatment (pH 4.69) at 0–15-cm depth reflected a liming effect of Minjingu PR. The form of P fertilizer can influence biological P cycling in weathered soils, potentially improving P availability under Minjingu PR relative to TSP via enhanced microbial biomass P and enzymatic drivers of P cycling. |
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