Improved phosphorus availability and reduced degree of phosphorus saturation by biochar-blended organic fertilizer addition to agricultural field soils
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Fang, Yunying
He, Shuang
Liu, Yu
Liu, Chunlong
Li, Fayong
Khan, Sangar
Eltohamy, Kamel Mohamed
Liu, Boyi
Liang, Xinqiang
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Phosphorus (P) availability and loss risk are linked to P species; however, their alternations in the soil amended with biochar-blended organic fertilizer is not well known, particularly under contrasting soil properties and land management. In this study, the variance of soil P species extracted by sequential chemical extraction (SCE) and 31P NMR techniques, as well as the degree of P saturation (DPS), were investigated throughout three paddy and three vegetable fields. These fields were amended with three different fertilizers at the same P application rate: chemical fertilizer (CF), organic fertilizer substitution (sheep manure/biogas slurry, SM/BS), and biochar-blended organic fertilizer substitution (BSM/BBS). Results showed that the BSM/BBS and SM increased the total P contents by 7.5% and 5.9% (TP) and available P contents by 30.1% and 19.2% (AP), but decreased the DPS values by 19.4% and 11.7%, compared to the CF treatment. Yet, the BS decreased the TP and AP contents but increased the DPS values across the experimental sites. In the BSM/BBS amended soils, high AP contents were due to the increased inorganic P (NaHCO3-Pi), while the increased organic P (monoester and DNA) induced low DPS values and reduced soil P loss risk. Our study highlights that biochar-blended organic fertilizer is an effective agronomic way for improving P availability and decreasing P loss risk via the alteration of soil P species.
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Chemosphere
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317
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Soil sciences
Agriculture, land and farm management
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Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Environmental Sciences
Environmental Sciences & Ecology
Soil phosphorus species
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Jin, J; Fang, Y; He, S; Liu, Y; Liu, C; Li, F; Khan, S; Eltohamy, KM; Liu, B; Liang, X, Improved phosphorus availability and reduced degree of phosphorus saturation by biochar-blended organic fertilizer addition to agricultural field soils, Chemosphere, 2023, 317, pp. 137809