低磷红壤-玉米-磷肥品种的匹配研究

研究不同品种磷肥在低磷红壤上的吸收利用对合理选择磷肥品种、提高红壤磷肥利用效率、减少红壤磷的固定具有重要意义。基于西南典型低磷红壤的两年田间定位试验和盆栽试验,研究施用不同品种磷肥[不施磷(CK);普通过磷酸钙(SSP);磷酸一铵(MAP);磷酸二铵(DAP);钙镁磷肥(CMP)]对玉米产量、磷吸收、磷分配和磷利用效率的影响。结果表明,田间试验和盆栽试验发现在低磷红壤上,不同施磷品种间,SSP处理的玉米产量、生物量和收获指数最高,较MAP、DAP和CMP处理玉米产量平均增加53.1%、37.5%和50.1%,生物量平均增加32.0%、21.4%和30.9%,收获指数平均增加15.6%、12.8%和14.1%。施用不同品种磷肥均显著增加玉米磷累积量、各器官(秸秆、叶片和籽粒)磷吸收量和玉米磷收获指数,其中,施用SSP处理的玉米磷累积量较MAP、DAP和CMP处理平均增加32.6%、48.2%和39.5%,玉米磷收获指数在2019年平均增加22.7%,盆栽试验中平均增加13.7%。玉米磷素利用效率总体表现为SSP>CMP>DAP>MAP,SSP较MAP、DAP和CMP处理玉米磷肥利用率平均分别增加57.2%、69.5%和100.2%,磷肥农学利用率平均分别增加108.9%、51.8%和61.7%,磷肥偏生产力平均分别增加53.1%、37.5%和50.1%。综合考虑玉米产量和磷素吸收利用效率,在西南低磷红壤上,以选择普通过磷酸钙作为施磷品种可确保玉米高产、磷素吸收和利用最佳。     

不同磷肥调控措施下红壤磷素有效性和利用率的变化

南方红壤区磷肥当季利用率仅为10%～25%,提高磷肥利用率是亟待解决的问题。通过两年田间试验,分析了不同磷肥品种（过磷酸钙、猪粪、钙镁磷肥、磷酸一铵、磷酸二铵）、磷肥梯度（常规施磷、减磷20%、减磷30%）以及调控措施（石灰、钙镁磷肥配施磷酸二铵、钙镁磷肥配施秸秆）对红壤磷素有效性和作物生长的影响,探索提高磷肥利用率的途径。结果表明,各磷肥品种间,以猪粪处理土壤有效磷、地上部生物量、磷肥累积利用率等指标最高,土壤有效磷较不施磷处理两年分别提高了32%和241%,地上部生物量较不施磷处理两年分别提高了73%和510%,两年的磷肥累积利用率分别为16.4%和26.5%;伴随磷肥用量的减少,土壤有效磷含量显著降低,而对油菜生长、磷肥利用率及磷肥农学效率无显著影响;与单施钙镁磷肥相比,钙镁磷肥配施磷酸二铵能显著提高油菜籽粒产量、土壤有效磷含量、磷肥累积利用率、磷肥农学效率、土壤磷素盈余量等指标。添加石灰可提高作物产量及土壤有效磷含量。油菜产量与土壤有效磷呈极显著正相关关系。上述结果表明,猪粪替代化学磷肥可达到减施增效、促进作物生长的目的,且以减磷30%为宜;钙镁磷肥配施磷酸二铵可推荐为磷肥调控...     

磷肥对棉田土壤有效磷及土壤酶活性的影响

通过室内模拟试验,研究不同磷肥种类和用量对棉田土壤有效磷和碱性磷酸酶活性的影响。结果表明,与对照相比,大量施磷(600 kg hm-2)整个生育期土壤有效磷和碱性磷酸酶活性显著增加,适量施磷(150 kg hm-2)苗期和蕾期土壤有效磷和碱性磷酸酶活性也显著增加。3种磷肥对土壤供磷能力表现为美国生产磷酸二铵略优于中国生产重过磷酸钙,而两者显著优于中国生产磷酸二铵。棉田土壤碱性磷酸酶活性与土壤有效磷变化规律一致,随生育期的推进呈下降趋势,可以作为土壤磷有效性的一个评价指标。     

北京“土壤-饲料-奶牛”系统氮磷流动及环境损失时空特征

分析大城市郊区"土壤-饲料-奶牛"养殖体系养分流动和环境排放特征是合理控制养殖规模、促进农牧结合、保护生态环境和保障畜禽产品供应等政策制定的基础。本研究选取北京市郊区28个规模化奶牛农场,调研包括饲料来源和投入、奶牛生产和粪尿管理以及产品输出情况。结合公开发表的文献数据和北京市统计数据,利用NUFER-animal模型对1980—2013年北京市规模化奶牛农场"土壤-饲料-奶牛"生产系统养分流动特征、利用效率和环境损失的时空变化进行了定量化分析。结果表明,1980—2013年,奶牛个体尺度(仅包括泌乳牛)氮利用效率从14.9%增加到21.2%,磷利用效率从13.8%增加到27.3%;群体尺度(包括犊牛、育成牛、青年牛、泌乳牛和干乳牛)氮利用效率从14.5%增加到18.2%,磷利用效率从15.8%增加到24.9%;系统尺度(土壤-饲料-奶牛)氮利用效率从11.3%增加到15.8%,磷利用效率从13.3%增加到22.3%。北京市奶牛养殖个体尺度、群体尺度和系统尺度氮利用效率在1985年前减少;而1985年后逐渐增加。个体尺度、群体尺度和系统尺度磷利用效率均不断增加。系统尺度氮总损失从1980年的1 516 t增加到2013年的16 973 t;磷总损失从114 t增加到1 763 t。生产1 kg氮磷产品造成的氮和磷损失均表现出不断减少的趋势。北京市"土壤-饲料-奶牛"生产系统氮磷流动特征发生了很大变化,养分利用效率和总环境损失不断增加。产生这一变化的原因是养殖数量的增加、养殖模式从传统向集约化转变和环保管理措施的完善。因此,调整奶牛养殖从数量型向质量型转变以及提高喂养技术和粪尿管理水平等是提高都市奶牛养殖可持续发展的必要措施。     

石灰性土壤施用不同磷肥对玉米苗期生长和土壤无机磷组分的影响

研究旨在探讨不同磷肥品种对玉米生长发育和土壤无机磷组分的影响,以期为磷肥高效利用提供参考。采用盆栽试验,设置6个处理:磷酸一铵(MAP)、过磷酸钙(SSP)、聚磷酸铵(APP)、氮磷复合肥硝酸磷肥(NiP)、硫酸铵+过磷酸钙混施(SA+P),试验60天后测定了玉米的生物学指标和玉米植株磷素含量,同时测定了土壤有效磷与土壤无机磷组分含量状况。结果表明:玉米生物学性状、磷素累积量和磷肥利用效率均表现出APPMAP、NiPSSP、SA+PCK的趋势。相较于对照,APP、MAP、NiP处理显著提高玉米植株的株高、叶面积、地上部和根系干重,株高增幅在23.3～35.1 cm,叶面积增加57.1～89.0 cm~2,地上部和根系干重分别增加265%～420%和171%～218%。APP处理植株磷素累积量达到49.02 mg/盆,磷肥利用效率达到36.75%,显著高于NiP和MAP的21.43%和19.42%。相较于对照,APP和MAP处理的Ca_2—P、Ca_8—P和Fe—P呈显著性增加,上述3种无机磷组分含量与玉米植株磷累积量呈极显著正相关关系(p0.001)。北方石灰性土壤聚磷酸铵(APP)是一种表现良好的磷肥类型,这对减磷增效背景下的粮食安全和磷肥高效利用有重要应用价值。     

基于NUFER模型的生猪养殖氮磷利用效率及排放时空变化

城市郊区集约化畜禽生产系统的快速发展在满足日益增长的畜产品需求的同时也带来了严重的环境问题。该研究利用北京生猪养殖场调研数据和养分流动模型NUFER分析了1980年到2013年北京城郊生猪生产体系氮、磷养分利用效率和环境损失时空变化,并利用情景分析提出了5种饲料和粪尿优化管理措施。从1980年到2013年,育肥猪个体尺度(仅包括育肥猪)氮利用效率从17.8%增加到19.0%,磷利用效率从32.0%增加到35.8%;群体尺度(包括育肥猪、母猪等)氮利用效率从16.0%增加到16.7%,磷利用效率从29.5%降低到23.4%;系统尺度(土壤-饲料-生猪)氮利用效率从18.5%降低到11.4%,磷利用效率从41.6%降低到17.1%。2013年,总氮损失和总磷损失分别为4.22和0.65万t,较1980年分别增加了56.9%和97.0%。产生这一变化的原因是生猪养殖模式从家庭和传统养殖模式向集约化模式转变,家庭副产品作为饲料利用的比例迅速降低,养分循环链条中断,从而导致系统养分利用效率不断降低。但就育肥猪个体尺度和群体尺度而言,集约化生产模式优化了饲料精准喂养和粪尿管理。与此同时,2000年后国家提出了大量有关畜禽养殖的政策、法规、标准和规范,使得1980年至2013年间养分利用效率出现先减后增和环境损失出现先增后减的趋势。空间分布变化结果显示,北京城区和近郊区域由生猪养殖导致的环境损失迅速减少,而远郊区域的环境损失快速增加,这主要归因于城市发展规划。     

几种改改磷肥肥效研究初报

在与过磷酸钙生产类似的工艺条件下,在磷矿粉中加入一定比例的添加剂,研制出３种改性磷肥。化学分析结果表明,在改性磷肥有效磷中,水溶性磷比例下降。盆栽试验结果显示,在等质量施肥条件下,３种变性磷肥均有较大幅度的增产,且植株吸磷量和磷含量有显著的增加。     

滴施不同水溶性磷肥对石灰性土壤磷分布及玉米磷素吸收利用的影响

  【目的】  磷的形态影响着其施入土壤后的移动分布。研究滴灌施肥中不同水溶性磷肥在石灰性土壤中的分布特征及玉米对磷素的吸收和利用,为滴灌玉米生产中的磷肥选择提供理论依据。  【方法】  于2018—2020年在新疆石河子市实验站开展滴灌玉米田间试验,选用玉米品种‘郑单958’作为试验材料。试验共设磷酸脲(UP)、磷酸二氢钾(MKP)、聚磷酸铵(APP)、磷酸二铵(DAP)、磷酸一铵(MAP)、不施磷肥(CK) 6个处理,除CK不施磷肥外,其余处理灌溉量及氮磷钾投入量均相同。玉米开花期和成熟期,分别在滴头下、根系、宽行3个位点,在垂直方向0—10、10—20、20—40 cm处采集土样,测定pH、速效磷和全磷含量。采集玉米地上部植物样品,测定茎、叶、穗器官磷素含量。在完熟期测产,计算磷肥利用效率等指标。  【结果】  与DAP和CK处理相比,UP处理能显著降低0—40 cm土层土壤pH,开花期UP处理土壤pH较CK和DAP分别降低了0.20和0.32个单位,成熟期分别降低了0.24和0.31个单位,MAP、APP和MKP也不同程度地降低了滴头下0—10 cm土层土壤pH。UP处理土壤有效磷在0—40 cm土层的分布最均匀,APP处理10—20 cm土壤速效磷含量显著高于UP和MAP。玉米开花期APP、UP、MAP处理土壤速效磷含量较DAP分别增加了65.47%、44.18%和23.14%,成熟期分别增加了58.08%、40.13%和127.89%。APP处理的玉米穗、叶和总磷素积累量均最高,开花期较DAP分别显著增加了29.22%、43.97%和22.43%,成熟期较DAP分别增加了65.39%、26.63%和50.60%。APP、UP、MAP处理的玉米产量没有显著差异,较DAP分别增产了18.03%、11.64%和9.46%,磷肥利用率分别较DAP增加了29.62个百分点、13.65个百分点和9.93个百分点。APP处理的磷肥偏生产力和磷肥农学效率分别较DAP增加了18.03%和174.96%。相关分析表明,玉米产量和磷素积累量与0—20 cm土层的土壤有效磷含量正相关,与20—40 cm土层土壤速效磷含量负相关或相关性较弱。  【结论】  速效磷的分布与土壤pH的变化高度一致。酸性水溶性磷肥可不同程度地降低玉米根系周围土壤pH,磷酸脲的影响范围可达滴头周围0—40 cm土层,磷酸二氢钾、聚磷酸铵和磷酸一铵仅在滴头周围0—10 cm土层范围内有影响,而磷酸二铵对土壤pH无显著影响。滴施磷酸脲土壤中速效磷在0—40 cm土层中的分布较均匀,其在10—20 cm土层中的速效磷含量低于聚磷酸铵并高于其他磷肥处理。磷肥利用率与10—20 cm土层速效磷含量极显著相关。因此,滴施聚磷酸铵的玉米产量和磷肥利用率高于其它磷肥处理。综合3年试验结果,在新疆滴灌玉米生产中,水溶性磷肥中以聚磷酸铵最优,其次是磷酸脲和磷酸一铵等酸性磷肥,应减少磷酸二铵等碱性磷肥的施用。     

保水剂与磷肥的相互影响及节水保肥效果

采用茶袋法测定保水剂在磷酸一铵、过磷酸钙溶液中的吸水倍率,并以差减法计算保水剂对磷素养分的吸持量,研究不同磷肥对保水剂吸水性能以及保水剂对不同磷肥的吸持作用的影响;盆栽条件下以玉米为供试作物,研究保水剂和不同磷肥配合施用下的节水保肥效果。结果表明:保水剂在不同磷肥溶液中的吸水倍率随肥料浓度的增加而下降,过磷酸钙对保水剂吸水倍率的影响大于磷酸一铵;保水剂在大量吸水的同时,也对溶于水中的磷素养分有吸持作用,吸持量随肥料浓度的增加出现先增大后减小的规律;保水剂和磷肥配合施用能增加叶片净光合速率和气孔导度,提高玉米生物量和水肥利用效率,保水剂与磷酸一铵配合施用水肥调控效果较好。     

山西省农牧生产体系磷流动空间变异特征

为揭示山西省农牧生产体系磷流动空间分布特征,进一步为养分资源综合管理提供科学建议,本研究使用食物链养分流动模型(NUFER)与Arc GIS相结合,以2011年山西省11个地市农牧生产体系为研究对象,计算了农牧生产体系中的磷流动、损失及账户平衡,并对各个生产体系的磷利用效率(PUE)、有机废弃物中磷的循环利用效率、磷的损失途径等重要指标进行了综合评价,描述了2011年山西省各地市农牧生产体系与区域尺度的磷流动变化特征。研究结果表明,山西省各地市农牧体系磷的投入和损失差异较大,农田生产体系投入范围在22.5~83.0 kg·hm~(-2),而整个农牧生产体系损失区间在2.7~8.8 kg·hm~(-2);磷的投入和损失均总体呈现东南部高、西北部低的空间分布格局;各地市农田磷素均有盈余但程度不均,为9.4~48.4 kg·hm~(-2)。农田生产系统的磷素利用效率(PUEc)高于全国平均水平;农牧生产体系的磷利用效率(PUEc+a)较低,全省平均水平仅为30.3%,主要是由于农牧分离较为严重;有机废弃物的循环利用效率较低(60%)。省域东南部存在潜在环境风险,晋城、晋中等地市有大量的粪尿磷未得到回收利用,可作为周边农业主产区的农田养分资源。因此通过提高农牧生产体系的养分管理水平和区域间养分资源协同管理,能够大幅提高磷的利用效率,同时有效降低环境风险,实现山西农业可持续发展。     

Influence of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae on phosphate fertilizer efficiency in two tropical acid soils planted with micropropagated oil palm (Elaeis guineensis jacq.)

Summary The influence of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae on the efficiency of triple superphosphate and rock phosphate fertilizers was compared in two tropical, acid, P-fixing soils (Ivory Coast) in which the available P was labelled with ³²PO _inf4 ^sup3- . Both soils were planted with micropropagated oil palms. The growth reponses to the fertilizer applications were low unless accompanied by VAM inoculation, but both fertilizers were equally available to plants. Isotopic-dilution kinetics analyses indicated that the rock phosphate was solubilized in both soils and there was an enrichment of the labile pool of plant-available P, similar to that with superphosphate. The specific activity and the fraction of P derived from either fertilizer was similar in both mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal plants, showing that both absorbed P from the same labile pool of P in the fertilized soils. However, VAM inoculation increased the fertilizer utilization coefficient of plants 2.7- to 5.6-fold, depending on the soil and fertilizer. We conclude that VAM inoculation increases fertilizer efficiency, as much of rock phosphate as of superphosphate, for plants growing in acid, P-fixing soils, and the processes involved are not different for the two fertilizers.     

江苏省农牧系统磷元素流动特征及其影响因素分析

探明江苏省农牧系统磷素流动特征及其影响因素,可为农牧生产体系可持续发展提供理论依据。通过文献调研、数据分析等方式,结合NUFER(NUtrient flows in Food chains, Environment and Resources use)模型,定量分析了江苏省1998—2018年间农牧生产体系的磷素流动特征,明确了农牧系统磷元素流动影响因素。结果表明:1998—2018年,江苏省农牧系统磷素输入总量由423.19 Gg下降至382.86 Gg,主要减少的输入项为化肥和外源饲料,其中单位耕地面积化肥磷素投入量由78.78kg·hm~(-2)降至67.27kg·hm~(-2),外源饲料磷供应量由58.07 Gg降至46.54 Gg;农牧系统输出项中,磷素输出总量由194.24 Gg增至255.06 Gg,主要输出项为作物主产品和动物副产品,其中作物主产品磷素携出量增幅较大,由77.53 Gg增至131.86 Gg;农田生产子系统的磷素利用率由31.82%上升至52.46%,畜牧生产子系统的磷素利用率变化较小,维持在27.67%～35.31%。农牧系统磷素利用率趋势与农田生产子系统的利用率趋势较为一致,由16.55%上升至32.24%;单位农牧产品磷素损失呈下降趋势,由0.26kg(P)·kg~(-1)下降至0.12kg(P)·kg~(-1)。1998—2018年间,江苏省农牧业发展迅速,磷素总输入量逐年下降,农牧产品产量逐年上升,磷素环境总损失量(径流、侵蚀、淋溶和粪尿损失)逐年下降。受化肥投入量减少、测土配方、种植及养殖结构调整等因素影响,农牧系统磷素利用率略高于全国平均水平,养分管理取得初步成效,但仍有一定的进步空间。为促进江苏省农牧业可持续发展,应进一步控制磷肥输入、加大有机肥和本地饲料输入量、提高秸秆和畜禽粪便综合利用率、调整种植结构和养殖布局,发展小麦、玉米、水蜜桃、草莓种植业,限制蛋鸭养殖业。     

Plant availability of p in commercial superphosphate fertilizers

Abstract

The quality of phosphate rock (PR) is declining and the use of lower quality PR results In lower water‐soluble and higher citrate‐soluble P in the fertilizer product. A greenhouse study was conducted to evaluate the plant availability of P in commercial superphosphate fertilizers having various levels of water‐soluble P. Seven commercial fertilizers, Including 6 granular concentrated superphosphates and one normal superphosphate, were evaluated. Reagent grade monocalcium phosphate served as a control. The fertilizers were manufactured from PR deposits located in the United States (Florida, Idaho and North Carolina) and Morocco. Water‐soluble P ranged from 77 to 92 X of the total fertilizer P. Citrate‐soluble, water‐insoluble P ranged from 7 to 20 % of the total fertilizer P. Four of the 5 American fertilizers had a lower percentage of water‐soluble P as compared to the concentrated superphosphate from Morocco. Fertilizers manufactured from U.S. phosphate deposits contained an average of 6 times more Fe and 4 times more Al than the Moroccan concentrated superphosphate.

Each source was added to a Mountvlew slit loam soil (pH = 6.5) at rates to supply 0, 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 mg P kg^‐1soil (0, 22.9, 45.8, 68.7, 91.6, and 114.5 ppm P₂O₅, respectively). Sorghum‐sudangrass (Sorghum bicolor) was harvested at 28 and 56 days after planting in the treated soil. Herbage yields and the P concentration in harvested forage were not affected by the source of added P. The effect of the rate of added P on forage yield and P concentration was described by polynomial regression. The granular concentrated superphosphate fertilizers used in this study contained ≥ 80 % of their plant available P in a water‐soluble form and were as effective as reagent grade monocalcium phosphate. Thus the level of water‐soluble P that will be required to reduce the performance of a fertilizer is lower than the levels currently found in American commercial concentrated superphosphates     

Evaluation of fertilizers solubility and phosphate release in slightly acidic arable soil

The geochemical reactivity of single superphosphate (SSP), triple superphosphate (TSP), phosphate rock (PR), partially acidulated phosphate rock (PAPR) and potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KH₂PO₄) was evaluated in an incubation trial. The soil was Anthrosols, Ap horizon (Sandy loam). Solubility equilibrium of phosphates was calculated by phosphate (P_Pot = logH₂PO₄ – pH) and calcium (Ca_Pot = logCa + 2pH) potentials. Next, activity ratio (AR°) and Woodruff potential (ΔF) were considered for estimating phosphate dynamics in the soil. Data showed that phosphate potentials stressed on significant solubility process and varied accordingly to the rates of the fertilizers: ?5.50, ?4.81, ?4.47 and ?4.09 for 0, 50, 100 and 150 kg P ha^?1. The values of the Woodruff potential (ΔF) varied widely from ?1929 to 8573 cal mol^?1, i.e., from marginal supplying power in the case of the control treatment to very high supplying power for the TSP (Triple superphosphate). These findings are of practical value for the following reasons: TSP and KH₂PO₄ are recommended for quick and high P supply to plants; SSP and PAPR for moderate supply and finally PR for slow and low supply. Phosphorus efficiency should be treated with priority particularly for areas with intensive cropping and susceptibility to runoffs.     

Benefits of Biochars and NPK Fertilizers for Soil Quality and Growth of Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.) in an Acid Arenosol

Fertilization is required for optimum plant growth, particularly in unfertile soils, while optimizing nutrient use efficiency is an alternative to reduce inorganic fertilizer needs and reduce environmental problems caused by nutrient leaching. This study investigated soil properties and cowpea yield responses to biochars (BCs) made from different feedstocks, baby corn peel biochar (BC1), branches of mango tree biochar (BC2), and rice husk biochar (BC3), applied in combination with nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium (NPK) fertilizers. The experiment was conducted in a greenhouse, using an acid sandy soil (Arenosol) that was submitted for 70 d to the following eight treatments:i) control; ii) full dose of NPK (a commercial compound fertilizer (12-24-12 of N-P₂O₅-K₂O) + urea (46% N)); iii) BC1 + half dose of NPK; iv) BC1 + full dose of NPK; v) BC2 + half dose of NPK; vi) BC2 + full dose of NPK; vii) BC3 + half dose of NPK; and viii) BC3 + full dose of NPK. All biochars were applied at a rate of 0.9% (weight/weight), and each type of biochar was combined with half and full doses of NPK fertilizers. Soil pH increased significantly (P < 0.05) in treatments with BC1 and BC2, while cation exchange capacity (CEC) and available P were higher in the treatments with BC1; BC1 and BC2 also induced higher activity of enzymes related to the P cycle and higher cowpea yield. Similar soil properties and cowpea yield parameters were obtained with the full and half doses of NPK fertilizers for each type of biochar used. In conclusion, biochars in the combination with NPK fertilizers improved soil chemistry and enzymatic activities, allowing reduced fertilizer application and food production costs in the acid soil studied.     

改性磷肥的结构特征及其增效机理研究

在节酸磷肥的生产过程中 ,加入一定比例的添加剂 ,研制出 3种新型改性磷肥。化学分析结果表明 ,改性磷肥有效磷中水溶性磷比例下降 ;盆栽试验结果显示 ,在等养分量条件下 ,3种改性磷肥肥效较过磷酸钙均有较大幅度的增加 ;运用X射线衍射分析及红外光谱对改性磷肥的结构进行了研究 ,发现其晶体结构发生了较大的变化 ,这种晶体结构的变化减少了改性磷肥中有效磷在土壤中的固定 ,从而大大提高了其生物有效性     

Mineral Composition and Dry Mass Production of Corn Plants Affected by Different Phosphate Sources and Different Soil Aluminum Saturation Levels

Abstract

The effects of different commercial phosphate fertilizers [Triple superphosphate (TSP), Tricalcium phosphate (TCP), and ARAD rock phosphate) and soil aluminum (Al) saturation (86, 29, and 0%) on the mineral composition and dry mass production of corn (Zea mays) plants were studied. As soil Al saturation values decreased, pH, calcium (Ca), and magnesium (Mg) levels in the soil increased. High Ca values in the shoot resulted in the reduction in potassium (K) concentrations. The high values of P availability in the soil for the ARAD source of P did not correspond to the high values of dry mass production of corn plants. The high values of corn mass production were noticed for the TSP phosphate source, and the mass productions values were reduced as the soil Al saturation values increased.     

Phosphorus fractions of soils under <Emphasis Type="Italic">Lotus corniculatus</Emphasis> as affected by different phosphorus fertilizers

The objective of this work was to assess the changes of soil P fractions by Lotus corniculatus and to determine contribution of each fraction to plant P nutrition. Phosphorus was added at a rate of 240 mg/pot as triple superphosphate (20% P), phosphate rock (13% P), or poultry litter (2% P) to a Vertisol or an Inceptisol; a control treatment (without P fertilizer) was also included. Then, L. corniculatus was sowed and harvested eight times; both yields and P content of plant were determined at each harvest. Soil P fractions were determined by Hedley’s modified method. The content of labile and moderately labile P [anionic exchange membrane-Pi (AEM-Pi), NaHCO₃-Pi, and NaOH-Pi] fractions were markedly reduced and were probably due to P uptake by plants. The content of the HCl-Pi fraction of the phosphate-rock-treated soil decreased whereas that of the residual P fraction was not modified. The content of organic forms increased in all treatments. The content of both labile organic P and moderately labile organic P were positively and significantly correlated with the P concentration of roots and with roots biomass, suggesting that the increase in these two organic fractions was related to root production. AEM-Pi accounted for 95% and 84% of absorbed P in Vertisol and Inceptisol, respectively.     

Herstellung und Verwendung 33P-markierter Carbonatfluorapatite zur Untersuchung der Wirkung rohphosphathaltiger Düngemittel

Preparation and use of ³³P labelled carbonate fluorapatite in studies on the effect of phosphate rock containing fertilizers For a precise evaluation of the effectiveness of the different phosphate fractions in partially acidulated phosphate rocks these fractions were alternatively labelled. For this purpose a technique was developed to prepare synthetic, ³³P labelled carbonate fluorapatite (francolite type). A labelled (NH₄)₂HPO₄ solution (+ Na₂CO₃, NH₄F) was poured into a Ca(NO₃)₂ × 4H₂O solution (pH 12) and the washed precipitate heated until the aimed solubility was reached (e.g. 2 h 400°C + 1.5 h 600°C). After grinding this mother phosphate rock was acidulated with sulphuric acid to fully acidulated superphosphate and partially acidulated phosphate rock. The nonacidulated rock residue was extracted from the partially acidulated phosphate rock. In an identical procedure phosphate rock was prepared without addition of ³³P and in part acidulated to superphosphate. Mixing of labelled phosphate rock and not labelled superphosphate (and vice versa) gave two fertilizer mixtures with alternate labelled fractions equivalent to the fully labelled partially acidulated phosphate rock. Mineralogical properties of the synthetic phosphate fertilizers and their turnover in pot experiments with rye grass were corresponding to that of commercial products. The reactivity of the nonacidulated rock residue was inferior to that of the original phosphate rock after the process of partial acidulation. Fertilizer utilization was determined by use of isotopes (³³P) and total P uptake method. P utilization as determined by total P uptake method was significantly higher compared to the real fertilizer effectiveness measured by ³³P labelling.     

Effective Nutrient Sources for Plant Growth on Bauxite Residue: II. Evaluating the Response to Inorganic Fertilizers

An integral part of managing dust emissions from bauxite residue storage areas in Western Australia is the establishment of native vegetation and dust control crops. Recent changes to local health department regulations preclude the routine use of poultry manure, the previous standard fertilizer for growing dust control crops on bauxite residue sand. This paper reports on a field evaluation of different forms of inorganic fertilizer, to assess their effectiveness as alternatives to poultry manure for supplying nutrients to dust control crops. We compared plant growth and nutrient uptake under different forms of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) fertilizers with additional potassium (K) and trace elements. A diammonium phosphate (DAP) based fertilizer blend which supplied 270 kg N ha^?1 of N and 307.5 kg P ha^?1 was found to be more effective than a superphosphate based blend containing the same amounts of these nutrients. The DAP treatment did not respond to topdressing with different N fertilizers, but plant growth in the superphosphate treatment was responsive to topdressing with N. Of the three different nitrogenous fertilizers evaluated for topdressing the superphosphate treatment (ammonium sulphate, diammonium phosphate, and urea), the ammonium based fertilizers were most effective. The DAP blend was the most cost effective of all the fertilizers studied, costing only A$1070 ha^?1 compared with A$2473 ha^?1 for the superphosphate blend and A$1600 ha^?1 for poultry manure. We concluded that the DAP fertilizer blend could be used as an effective replacement for poultry manure for growing dust control crops on bauxite residue sand.