Phosphate sorption in vertisols of southwestern Spain

作者:LopezPineiro A*; Navarro AG
来源:Soil Science, 1997, 162(1): 69-77.
DOI:10.1097/00010694-199701000-00010

摘要

Low phosphorus availability is a critical impediment to agricultural use of Vertisols. Several studies have explored the P sorption characteristics of Vertisols, but few have investigated the relationship between soil physicochemical and the P sorption parameters calculated from uniform-surface and two-surface Langmuir equations, Phosphate sorption was investigated in surface-samples of 19 Vertisols in southwestern Spain. The phosphate sorption maxima (PAM) deduced from the uniform-surface Langmuir equation ranged from 150 to 2566 mg P kg(-1), with a mean value of 1115 mg P kg(-1). The calculated sorption maxima (TPAM) for the two-surface Langmuir model ranged from 410 to 15406 mg P kg(-1), and the mean value (4296 mg P kg(-1)) increased about 3 times compared with the basic Langmuir equation, The two-surface Langmuir model fit the sorption data better than the uniform layer model, Therefore, an underestimation of the P-sorption was observed when the traditional Langmuir equation was used,Total surface area was highly correlated with sorption maxima: n = 0.708*** for PAM and 0.900*** for TPAM, For the two-surface equation, correlation analysis suggested that the ''active'' CaCO3 (ACCE) was the most active sorbent of P on the high energy sites, whereas citrate-dithionite-bicarbonate extractable Fe (Fe-d) contributed to P sorption on the low energy sites. The prediction of the PAM and TPAM was improved by combining all or several of following soil properties: Fe-d, ACCE, clay, and total surface area in a multiple-regression analysis. The equations obtained could offer a rapid estimation of P-sorption in Vertisols of southwestern Spain. Moreover, the results obtained from a greenhouse experiment with Agrostis tennuis and two levels of P (0 and 218 mg P kg(-1)) showed that the amount of available soil P was a positive function of Fed but a negative function for ACCE.

  • 出版日期1997-1