有机物料对紫色土有机磷含量及植物磷吸收的影响

采用盆栽试验,研究了4种有机物料对酸性、中性和石灰性紫色土有机磷含量及玉米幼苗磷的吸收与利用的影响。结果表明,等磷条件下,与化肥(HF)相比,猪粪沼渣(ZZ)使3种土壤有机磷含量显著提高,牛粪秸秆堆肥(NJD)和污泥堆肥(WD)的影响不显著,牛粪沼渣(NZ)的影响在酸性紫色土(APS)和中性紫色土(NPS)中不显著,但使石灰性紫色土(CPS)有机磷含量显著提高。有机物料降低了3种土壤的有效磷含量,对玉米幼苗根干重的影响不明显,却使除APS中NJD外的处理玉米幼苗地上部干重下降。除酸性紫色土的WD和NJD处理外,所有有机物料处理玉米幼苗磷的吸收量和表观利用率均低于HF处理。在所研究的有机物料中,WD和NJD处理土壤有效磷含量高于NZ和ZZ处理,玉米幼苗磷的吸收量和表观利用率以WD处理最高,NZ处理最低。研究还表明,酸性和中性紫色土有机磷含量与有机物料中的有机磷含量显著相关,在石灰性紫色土中则与土壤有机质含量显著相关,而土壤有效磷含量与物料中易溶性磷含量的高低一致。因而,施用有机物料时,不仅要考虑有机物料中的磷含量,还应关注有机物料中的磷形态及施用的土壤类型,并适当补充化肥。     

磷与富啡酸配施对潮土中磷锌有效性及锌形态转化的影响

采用室内培养方法,研究了磷与富啡酸(fulvic acid,FA)配施对石灰性潮土中磷锌有效性及锌形态转化的影响。结果表明:潮土中速效磷含量随外加磷量的增加而显著增加,且随着培养时间的延长发生了明显的固定,而且外加磷越高,土壤对其的固定越明显。土壤速效磷含量随添加FA量的增加而增加,即FA提高了磷有效性,但在低磷处理下,FA对磷的活化作用很小,而在高磷处理下作用明显;土壤速效磷含量随添加锌量的增加而降低,即高锌降低了速效磷的含量。土壤DTPA-Zn含量随锌添加量的增加显著增加,且随培养时间的延长而显著降低;低量磷可提高DTPA-Zn含量,但当土壤磷添加量太高时(高于120 mg kg-1或160 mg kg-1)则降低DTPA-Zn含量。土壤DTPA-Zn含量随FA添加量的增加而增加,但FA对长时间培养土壤锌的活化作用不明显。对土壤锌分级表明,土壤锌主要以残渣态(RES)形式存在,而交换态和有机质结合态锌在石灰性土壤中含量极低。同时,外源可溶性锌明显提高了土壤中RES-Zn、CAB-Zn、OFe-Mn-Zn和EX-Zn含量,但OM-Zn增加趋势不明显,且随着培养时间的延长,土壤中有效性较高的EX-Zn和OM-Zn逐渐向无效态RES转化,FA对土壤锌形态转化作用不明显。     

有机无机肥配施锌肥和石灰对双季稻产量及土壤养分特性的影响

在南方典型双季稻种植区,通过2年试验综合评价在有机无机肥配施基础上施用锌肥和石灰对双季稻产量与土壤养分特性的影响,以期提出培肥土壤和提高水稻产量的理想施肥模式。设置有机肥+无机肥(T1)、锌+有机肥+无机肥(T2)、石灰+有机肥+无机肥(T3)、锌+石灰+有机肥+无机肥(T4)4个处理,测定了土壤有效锌、碱解氮、有效锌含量和pH,分析了水稻产量和土壤综合肥力。结果表明:(1)相比T1处理,T2处理显著提高了早晚稻千粒重和结实率,显著增产8.7%,而T3处理不利于水稻稳产,显著降低了千粒重,并在第2年减产(5.6%)显著;T4处理表现出来的产量规律与T3处理类似,均于第2年表现减产。(2)施用锌肥、石灰均有利于提高土壤有效磷和碱解氮含量,石灰显著提高土壤pH,但T3、T4处理土壤有效锌含量显著下降,较T1处理分别下降39.0%和31.9%,而连年施用锌肥有利于有效锌的提高,T2较T1处理土壤有效锌含量提高22.2%。(3)土壤综合肥力表现为T2T4T1T3,施用锌肥相比石灰更有利于提高土壤肥力。综上所述,施用锌肥能显著提高土壤速效养分含量,增产显著,而连年施用石灰显著降低了土壤中有效锌含量。因此,在缺锌土壤中需慎施石灰,而长期施用石灰的土壤,应追施锌肥。综合土壤养分含量和水稻产量评价,有机+无机+锌肥的施肥模式为理想施肥模式。     

石灰性土壤添加污泥后土壤的肥力特征及磷素淋失临界值

开展2 a种植冬小麦-夏玉米的盆栽试验,研究污泥添加对石灰性土壤养分的影响,构建石灰性土壤中污泥添加量(0、3.75、7.50、37.5、75.0 t/hm^2)与有效磷之间的关系,确定磷素淋失的临界值。结果表明:污泥添加降低了石灰性土壤的pH值,但土壤有机质、全氮、碱解氮、全磷、有效磷、速效钾和土壤综合肥力指数随污泥添加量的增加呈增加趋势。试验期间,同年轮作季的污泥添加量相同时,玉米季土壤养分含量小于小麦季,且各养分随污泥施用年限的增加而增加,并与污泥的累积施用量之间存在显著(P<0.05)或极显著(P<0.01)的正相关关系。当污泥添加量大于等于37.5 t/hm^2时,土壤养分含量与未添加污泥处理相比差异显著(P<0.05)。污泥施用后该土壤磷素淋失临界值为有效磷质量分数28.57 mg/kg,其对应的污泥施用量分别为61.39 t/hm^2。研究可为在石灰性土壤中污泥的合理施用提供依据。     

磷锌配施对石灰性土壤磷锌有效性及小麦对其吸收分配的影响

针对磷锌在土壤-植物系统中复杂的交互作用,本文采用盆栽试验,研究了磷锌配施对石灰性土壤中磷锌有效性及小麦对其吸收分配的影响。结果表明,施锌明显增加了土壤中DTPA提取态锌含量,土壤中DTPA提取态锌含量随着施磷水平的提高逐渐增加;施磷明显增加了土壤中速效磷含量,在相同施磷水平下,土壤中速效磷含量随施锌量的增加而增加;施锌提高了小麦茎叶和籽粒锌含量,且在各施锌背景下随施磷量的增加明显地降低了小麦茎叶中锌含量,但提高了籽粒中锌含量。施磷提高了小麦茎叶和籽粒磷含量。在低磷水平(不施磷和施21.82 mg kg-1)时,施锌对茎叶中磷含量的提高作用明显,且随施锌浓度的提高而提高,但籽粒中磷含量逐渐降低;而在高磷水平(174.56 mg kg-1)下,施锌则降低了小麦植株茎叶中磷含量,而籽粒中磷含量却随施锌水平的提高而提高。因此,石灰性土壤中施磷肥提高了土壤中锌的有效性,而锌也提高了磷的有效性,同时发现施磷降低了小麦茎叶中锌含量,促进了锌元素从植株向籽粒的运输,增加了小麦籽粒中锌含量,但是在低磷条件下,施锌提高了茎叶磷含量,却降低了籽粒磷含量,而在高磷条件下,施锌降低了茎叶磷含量,提高了籽粒含量。     

磷含量和秸秆添加量对褐土锌吸附—解吸的影响

采用室内培养的方法,通过人为添加不同量的玉米秸秆和磷,研究不同含量磷和作物秸秆对土壤锌吸附—解吸的影响,以探讨磷—锌在土壤中的交互作用机制。结果表明:低锌(Zn10:添加Zn2+浓度为10 mg L-1)条件下,土壤对Zn2+的吸附量随土壤速效磷含量的增加而逐渐降低,表明在石灰性土壤中,随磷含量的增加提高了土壤锌的有效性;而Zn2+的解吸量随土壤中磷含量的增加先升高后降低,添加Zn2+浓度为80 mg L-1(Zn80)条件下,土壤对Zn2+的吸附量明显大于Zn10条件下。土壤中添加不同秸秆量对不同浓度Zn2+吸附时,低锌(Zn10)处理下,在相同磷含量情况下,土壤对Zn2+的吸附量随秸秆添加量的增加而减少,而土壤对Zn2+的解吸量随秸秆量的增加而增加。在不同磷水平下,不同秸秆添加量对Zn2+的吸附趋势差异较大。高锌(Zn80)处理下,土壤对Zn2+的吸附量在不同秸秆量处理下趋势大致相同,且Zn2+吸附量随磷含量的提高先升高后降低;在同一磷水平下,土壤对Zn2+的吸附趋势和Zn10时相似。利用KNO3进行解吸Zn2+时,不添加秸秆和低量秸秆处理变化趋势相同,均在添加磷量为360 mg kg-1时解吸量达到最大,分别为363.5 mg kg-1、424 mg kg-1,而高量秸秆处理下,Zn2+解吸量随磷含量的增加先升高后降低。     

石灰性褐土中磷锌镉相互作用对其有效性的影响

采用室内培养的方法,研究了石灰性褐土中磷、锌、镉相互作用对土壤中磷、锌、镉有效性的影响。结果表明：（1）磷锌共同培养时,施锌提高了土壤速效磷含量,且随培养时间的延长而降低。在相同锌浓度处理下,土壤中的有效锌含量随施磷量的增加而增加,不同锌浓度处理下,有效锌含量随土壤培养时间的延长而显著降低。（2）磷镉共同培养时,施镉对土壤速效磷含量影响不明显;施磷降低了有效镉含量,但效果不显著;且都随时间的延长而降低。（3）锌镉共同培养时,在培养的前30d,土壤中有效锌含量随施镉浓度增加而降低,但在30d后,有效锌含量有增加的趋势。土壤中有效镉含量在不同锌-镉处理下随培养时间变化有较大差异：在Cd3处理下,加入高浓度锌后显著降低土壤有效镉含量;Cd30处理下,在培养前30d,锌的施入对土壤中有效镉含量影响不明显,但30d以后,土壤有效镉含量随施入锌浓度的增加而显著降低。说明两者的竞争机制随时间的延长发生变化,且施锌能明显降低镉的毒性。     

锌肥施用方式对小麦、玉米产量和籽粒锌含量的影响

以"郑单958"和"先玉335"玉米品种,"良星99"小麦品种为试验材料,在田间试验条件下研究了土施和叶面喷施锌肥对小麦、玉米产量和籽粒锌含量的影响。结果表明:在华北石灰性土壤上,土施和叶面喷施锌肥并没有显著提高玉米产量,小麦产量有一定程度增加;土施以及叶面喷施锌肥均显著提高小麦、玉米籽粒锌含量,叶面喷施锌肥的效果更好,并且小麦籽粒锌含量增加幅度显著高于玉米。土施和叶面喷施均能显著降低小麦、玉米籽粒磷锌摩尔比,增加籽粒锌的生物有效性,叶面喷施的效果更好。因此,单独叶面喷施锌肥或与土施相结合是提高小麦、玉米籽粒锌含量的有效措施,是保障人体锌营养健康的重要途径之一。     

富啡酸对石灰性潮土中磷吸附-解吸及其对锌次级吸附-解吸的影响

通过吸附和解吸试验,研究了富啡酸（Fulvic acid,FA）对石灰性潮土中磷吸附一解吸的影响,并进行了吸附富啡酸和磷后对锌次级吸附一解吸的影响。结果表明：同时吸附不同磷和富啡酸后,土壤对磷的吸附量随磷初始浓度的增加而增加,而随富啡酸吸附初始浓度的增加而降低;石灰性潮土磷等温吸附曲线用Langumir方程式描述时,土壤对磷的吸附反应常数K、最大吸附量Xm、最大缓冲容量KxXm均随富啡酸初始浓度的增加而降低;KNO_3、KOH、HCI对吸附磷的解吸量所占比例及磷的总解吸量均随富啡酸浓度的增加而增加。土壤对Zn^2＋的吸附率随磷和富啡酸吸附初始浓度的增加而降低;而其解吸率随磷和富啡酸吸附浓度的增加而增加,说明磷和富啡酸减少了土壤对Zn^2＋的吸附,且增加了其在土壤中的解吸量。所以,石灰性潮土中富啡酸提高了土壤中磷的有效性,而且磷和富啡酸提高石灰性土壤中锌的有效性。     

新疆石灰性土壤锌有效性及其影响因素

为探讨新疆石灰性土壤锌的组分分布特征及锌有效性的影响因素,对南北疆3种最主要土壤类型农田土壤锌及其组分含量进行研究。结果表明:新疆石灰性土壤有效锌平均含量为潮土(0.69mg/kg)>棕漠土(0.57mg/kg)>灰漠土(0.51mg/kg),变异系数为灰漠土>潮土>棕漠土。在土壤锌组分中,松结有机态锌(WBO)、碳酸盐结合态锌(CARB)、氧化锰结合态锌(OxMn)、紧结有机态锌(SBO)、无定形铁结合态锌(AOFe)平均含量均为潮土>棕壤土>灰漠土。南北疆土壤锌背景值不同,南疆土壤全锌含量高于北疆土壤,而北疆土壤全锌变异较大。土壤碳酸钙含量和物理性粘粒含量与松结有机态、碳酸盐结合态、紧结有机态锌分配率高度相关。松结有机态锌、碳酸盐结合态锌及松结有机态锌分配率与土壤物理性粘粒含量呈(极)显著正相关。交换态锌与松结有机态锌呈显著正相关。松结有机态锌与碳酸盐结合态锌呈显著正相关。石灰性土壤有效锌含量与松结有机态锌、碳酸盐结合态锌含量呈显著正相关,可用方程Y=0.306+0.123WBO+0.116CARB(F=20.095,r2=0.801**)预测。     

Use of routine soil tests in predicting corn leaf zinc

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Zinc of index corn leaves samples from 91 Minnesota sites on numerous soil types was correlated with soil Zn extracted by four routine procedures. The EDTA?(NH₄)₂CO₃ ‐ extractable soil Zn was more closely correlated with leaf Zn than soil zinc extracted by 0.1N HCl, EDTA‐NH₄OAc, or by NH₄OAc ‐ dithizone. Soil pH, CaCO₃ equivalent, extractable P, and organic matter of both acid and calcareous soils were negatively correlated with leaf Zn. When EDTA ? (NH₄)₂CO₃ ‐ extractable Zn was included with routine soil tests, a prediction equation for corn leaf Zn was formulated and compared with analytical values. However, the use of 1.4 ppm EDTA ? (NH₃)₂CO₃, ‐ extractable soil Zn alone as a critical value was equally effective in predicting leaf Zn.     

Evaluation of efficient soil test methods for Zn and their critical vales in salt‐affects soils for rice

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Soil pot culture experiment was conducted on 22 soils of Balewal‐Phaguwala‐Narike (BPN) and 24 soils of Isri‐Langrian‐Narike (ILN) associations using rice (PR 106) as test crop at 0 and 7.5 ppm Zn levels. Chelating extractants 0.005M DTPA, 0.01M EDTA‐(NH₄)₂CO₃ and 0.05M EDTA, extracted more soil Zn than double‐acid and were significantly correlated with each other as well as with soil pH and clay in BPN and only with clay in ILN soil association. Soil CaCO₃ governed the double‐acid extractable Zn in these soils. Dry matter yield and Zn uptake by rice significantly increased with 7.5 ppm Zn application. The response was higher in ILN than BPN soil association, The DTPA method gave the highest correlation with Bray's yield and Zn uptake (r =0.72 and 0.55) followed by 0.05M EDTA (r ‐ 0.75 and 0.61) or EDTA‐(NH₄)₂CO₃ (r =0.70 and 0.61). The predictability of rice yield improved from 18–27 to 27–35, 32–43, 34–44 and 51–55 percent as a result of stepwise inclusion of pH, CaCO₃, organic carbon (OC) and clay respectively in the regression equation alongwith Zn extracted by chelating agents.

The critical levels of DTPA, EDTA‐(NH₄)₂CO₃ and EDTA extractable Zn significantly differed in the two associations and were 0.69, 0.82 and 1.24 ppm in BPN and O.BC, 1.09 and 1.42 ppm in ILN soil association. Soil properties further affected the critical levels. This for DTPA available Zn was 0.80 and 1.03 ppm in soil containing less and greater than 2% CaCO₃, 1.03 and 0.80 ppm in soils containing less and greater than 0.25% OC. These values for EDTA‐(NH₄)₂CO₃ available Zn were 1.09 and 0.91 ppm Zn in soils containing less and greater than 15% clay suggesting that critical levels of Zn for each category of soil properties should be considered while making recommendations of Zn fertilization of crops.,     

Yield and phosphorus efficiency of some lowland rice varieties at different levels of soil‐available phosphorus

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A field experiment was conducted on an Aerie Haplaquept soil to study the effect of phosphorus (P) deficiency in soil on the P nutrition and yield of five modern varieties of rice, viz., Purbachi, BR1, BR3, BR14, and BR29, popular with the rice farmers of Bangladesh. Soil‐available P in the different plots of the experimental field varied widely, from 2.8 to 16.4 ppm. This plot to plot variation in soil‐available P content resulted from differences in the total amounts (0 to 480 kg ha^‐1) of P the plots had received over a period of 8 years in a long‐term P fertilizer trial conducted previously in the same field. Phosphorus deficiency in soil drastically reduced the grain yield of all the rice varieties. In severely P deficient plots, where soil‐available P was around 3 ppm, the yield was less than 1 ton ha^‐1 while in plots containing an adequate P level, i.e., >6 ppm, the yield was more than 41 ha^‐1. Rice yield increased linearly with an increase in soil P content up to 6 ppm, and the highest grain yield for any variety, obtained at 6–7 ppm of soil‐available P leveled off at this point. Soil P deficiency not only decreased rice yield severely but also decreased P content in straw and grain drastically. However, differences among rice varieties were noted in P nutrition, particularly at low soil P levels. The rice varieties differed markedly also in respect of internal P efficiency. The BR29 showed the highest internal P efficiency both at low and high soil P levels. In all the rice varieties, internal P efficiency decreased with an increase in soil P levels.     

Response of corn to plowed‐down and disked‐in Zn as zinc sulfate

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A field investigation was conducted to compare the efficacy of plowed‐down and disked‐in Zn as ZnSO₄.H₂O in correcting Zn deficiency of corn (Zea mays L.). The soil, Buchanan fine sandy loam, was nearneutral in pH and contained 0.7 ppm of EDTA‐extractable Zn and 1.4 ppm of dilute HCl‐H₂SO₄ extractable P. Application of 6.72 kg Zn/ha as ZnSO₄.H₂O corrected Zn deficiency of corn plants on the soil. Corn grain yields and Zn concentrations in tissue samples indicated that the plowed‐down and disked‐in Zn were about equally effective in correcting Zn deficiency where the level of Zn application was 6.72 kg/ha.     

Soil test modifiers for coarse‐textured calcareous soils

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Calcareous soils vary considerably in their characteristics which need to be considered in soil test interpretation. Yield data from 22 corn and 13 wheat field experiments were used to relate yield response, expressed in relative terms (Y%), to phosphorus (P), potassium (K), and zinc (Zn) soil test results based on NaHCO₃, NH₄OAc, and DTPA extraction procedures, respectively. The experiments were conducted for three years on newly reclaimed desert soils in Egypt. Relative infuence of different soil components was evaluated as modifiers of the critical levels (CL) based on 95% of maximum yield. The CL values obtained for corn were close to those for wheat. Therefore, results presented here were based on the combined data of the 35 corn plus wheat experiments. With Olsen P, a backward elimination regression procedure indicated that the variance in Y% that was accounted for increased in significance from 21 to 52% by including the CaCO₃ content of the soil. The CL increased from 9 to 17 mg P/kg as CaCO₃ increased from 1 to 30%. Coarser textured soils had lower CLs for K than finer textured ones. The critical exchangeable K levels were 200 and 500 mg K/kg for soils having more than 85% and 85 to 45% sand, respectively. With an increase in organic matter content, the response to applied Zn was observed at higher levels of extracted Zn. The DTPA‐critical levels for Zn were found to be 0.5 and 0.8 mg Zn/kg for soils containing less than 1% and 1.7% organic matter, respectively.     

Arsenic ‐ phosphorus interactions on corn

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Samples of two widely divergent soils, a Waupun silt loam and a Plainfield sand, deficient in P, were treated with 0, 20 or 80 ppm As and 0, 50, 100 or 300 ppm P in all possible combinations and cropped twice for 40 days to corn in the greenhouse. Arsenic had a much more pronounced toxicity to corn in the sand than on the silt loam. At the 80 ppm As level, P had little effect on As toxicity with the silt loam but enhanced toxicity with the sand and increasing rates of P increased As uptake by corn. At the 20 ppm As level, P did not affect As toxicity or uptake. Soil As extracted by N NH₄OA_c (pH 7.0) decreased with time but increased with increasing levels of applied P. Bray Pl extractable As was not greatly affected by applied P or time, and appeared to be a more suitable “available”; soil As test. From the results obtained, it would appear that P applications are not the solution to an As toxicity problem.     

绿化植物废弃物对土壤中Cu Zn Pb和Cd形态的影响

利用自制的Cu、Zn、Pb和Cd污染的灰潮土和黄泥土,通过室内培养实验研究了不同绿化植物废弃物添加量和不同培养时间对这两种污染土壤中这4种重金属形态的影响。结果表明,绿化植物废弃物的加入抑制了Cu的活化,且添加60%绿化植物废弃物时有机结合态Cu的含量最高;绿化植物废弃物与污染土培养2～3个月时,残余态Zn的含量最高,对植物的毒害最小;绿化植物废弃物添加量为60%时灰潮土中有效态Pb含量较低,而添加量为30%时黄泥土中有效态Pb含量最低;绿化植物废弃物添加量的多少对灰潮土Cd形态的影响较小,但黄泥土中的Cd则随绿化植物废弃物量的增加活性逐渐减弱,且两种土壤均在培养2～3个月时可交换态Cd的含量最低。     

上海土壤中微量元素的含量与分布的研究

植物必需的微量营养元素锌、锰、钼、硼、铜在土壤中供给不足或过剩时,都可能引起植物、动物及人体生理功能失调,生长发育受阻,诱发出各种特殊的生理病害。明确土壤中微量元素含量分布规律及其有效性问题,有助于采取措施来调剂微量元素的供应水平,对于农业生产的发展,以及维护人类和动物的健康,都具有重要的意义。本文就1978-1979年关于上海土壤中微量元素的含量分布及其有效性问题的研究,作一总结。     

Salinity induced effects on the nutrient status of soil,corn leaves and kernels

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The effect of salinity in inducing soil macro and micronutrient deficiencies that can decrease crop growth was evaluated in a corn (Zea mays L.) field located in east central Wyoming. In this study water soluble Na was found to be a better predictor of salinity than pH and other cations. Soil saturated paste extracts had electrical conductivities that were negatively correlated with soil total K, Cu, Fe, and Mn. Total N, NO₃‐N, PO₄‐P, Zn, pH, and water soluble Na, Ca, and Mg of the soil were positively correlated with EC. Significant positive relationships existed between soil EC and N, P, Mo, and Zn, and negative relationships with K, Cu, Fe, and Mn of corn leaves and kernels. Concentrations of nutrients in the kernels were positively correlated with corresponding nutrient concentrations in the leaves and with AB‐DTPA extractable soil nutrients. The analysis of variance of EC data indicated that soil samples possessing high salinity were higher in pH and contained significantly higher soluble Na, Ca and Mg, total N, N0₃‐N, PO₄‐P, and Zn and significantly lower Mn compared to samples having low salinity. The kernel weight per cob and plant height were significantly reduced as salinity increased.     

Phosphorus-induced zinc deficiency in wheat pot-grown on noncalcareous and calcareous soils of different properties

High levels of phosphorus (P) often induce zinc (Zn) deficiency in plants grown on Zn-poor soils. We investigated P-induced Zn deficiency in durum wheat (Triticum durum L. ‘Carpio’) grown on 16 noncalcareous and 31 calcareous soils differing in levels of available (Olsen) P and available (diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA)-extractable) Zn using micropots. A completely randomized factorial design with two levels of P (0 and 40 mg P kg^?1 soil) and Zn (0 and 3 mg Zn kg^?1 soil), i.e. four treatments (‘control’, + P, + Zn, and + PZn), were used. Grain yield of control plants depended mainly on the Olsen P level. Phosphorus had a negative effect on yield in 6 soils with Olsen P/Zn_DTPA > 25, and Zn a positive one in 5 soils with Olsen P/Zn_DTPA > 50; and the + PZn treatment generally resulted in the highest yield. Grain Zn concentration of control plants was negatively correlated with growth and Olsen P. Calcareous soils were less sensitive to P-induced Zn deficiency than noncalcareous soils because phosphate is sorbed by calcite rather than being co-adsorbed with Zn on the Fe oxides. Co-application of P and Zn to soil at low and application of Zn at high Olsen P ensured both maximum yield and grain Zn bioavailability.