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Change in soil available phosphorus in relation to the phosphorus budget in China

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Limited information on soil available phosphorous (P) status has restricted rational P-management strategies, which are necessary to develop, budget, and control P fertilizer inputs. This study was conducted to quantify the relationship between the P budget (P input minus output) and soil available P content (Olsen-P) and its variation from seven long-term experiments that covered subtropical and temperate zones with seven crop systems and six soil types. Across all years and experiments, soil available P content increased linearly with increasing P budget (P < 0.01), and the increase in soil available P content in the 0–20 cm topsoil layer by each 100 kg P budget was 1.44–5.74 mg kg−1 for the seven sites. This large variation can be explained by the different environments, crop systems, and soil physico-chemical properties. These results will help to predict long-term changes in soil available P using the annual P budget and provide useful information for proper management of P fertilizer.

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This research was financially supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (Project number: 31101606; 30971872; 30890133).

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    Ning Cao

  2. Center for Resources, Environment and Food Security, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China

    Xinping Chen, Zhenling Cui & Fusuo Zhang

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Cao, N., Chen, X., Cui, Z. et al. Change in soil available phosphorus in relation to the phosphorus budget in China. Nutr Cycl Agroecosyst 94, 161–170 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10705-012-9530-0

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