『Abstract
Long-term poultry litter (PL) application in pasture soil was
found to enhance accumulation of certain phosphorus (P) forms
in soil micro-aggregate fractions and have potential impacts on
non-point water pollution by wind erosion of run-off. A P fractionation
method was utilized to identify P forms in aggregate fractions
derived from a long-term PL applied pasture soil. Enrichment of
surface soil P by PL application has considerable effects on increasing
specifically the labile P forms in surface soil micro-aggregates.
Particular concern is of accumulation of water soluble and labile
inorganic P forms in micro-aggregate particles susceptible to
wind and soil erosion. Continuous application of PL to pasture
fields for at least 15 years at a rate of 2.3 T ha-1
y-1 resulted in considerable increase in inorganic
P forms including Mehlich-3, water soluble and labile bicarbonate
P (NaHCO3-P forms in most aggregate size
fractions. Mehlich-3-P was highest in <0.053 mm micro-aggregates
(223.8 mg kg-1) and relatively high amounts ranging
from 145.5 to 170.4 mg kg-1 were found in 0.053-1.0
mm micro-aggregates. High levels of water soluble P were found
in majority of micro-aggregates particles in PL supplied soil,
which amounts to 11-18% of total inorganic P in these particles.
Bicarbonate-P or labile inorganic P forms were at elevated levels
in 0.125-0.25, 0.053-0.125 and <0.053 mm micro-aggregates, which
amounts to approximately 11-22% of total inorganic P in these
particles. The PL application also increased the NaOH extractable
P (NaOH-P) or Al/Fe bound P in soil aggregate fractions (192-347
mg kg-1). Notable increase in labile organic P forms
in certain micro-aggregate size fractions may be of concern due
to ease of P mineralization.
Keywords: Soil aggregate fractions; Poultry litter; Phosphorus
forms; Environmental impacts; Pasture sandy soil; Dithionite』
1. Introduction
2. Materials and methods
2.1. Study site
2.2. Soil sampling
2.3. Characterization of soils
2.4. Soil aggregate fractionation
2.5. Chemical analysis
2.6. Statistical analysis
3. Results and discussion
3.1. Soil aggregate size fractions
3.2. Phosphorus distribution in aggregate fractions
3.2.1. Available P (Mehlich-3 phosphorus)
3.2.2. Sodium dithionite/citrate extractable Fe, Al, and occluded
P forms
3.2.3. Phosphorus forms in soil aggregate size fractions
4. Conclusion
Acknowledgments
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