Plant Soil Environ., 2009, 55(7):267-272 | DOI: 10.17221/43/2009-PSE

Evaluation of phosphorus mobility in soil using different extraction methods

M. Kulhánek, J. Balík, J. Černý, V. Vaněk
Department of Agroenvironmental Chemistry and Plant Nutrition, Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

Soil samples (from Czech and German long-term field experiments) were used to estimate different soil phosphorus (P) fractions. More than 200 topsoil (0-30 cm) samples from different fertilizing treatments were taken. These were analyzed for P in soil solution (PCaCl2) [0.01M CaCl2 extract], exchangeable sorbed P (Pex) [anion exchange (AE) membranes] and bioavailable P [Doppel-Lactat and Mehlich 3 (PDL and PM3)]. Other fractions analyzed were total inorganic (Pin), total (PM-tot) and organic (Porg) P [fractionation after Marks], P sorbed on Fe and Al (PFeAl) [fractionation after Schwertmann] and residual P (Par) [aqua regia extract]. Comparison of medians appeared to be better for evaluating extraction abilities. Phosphorus fractions were in the following order: (Par = 100%); PCaCl2 (0.2%) < Pex (9%) < PDL (10%) < PM3 (16%) < Pin (24%) < Porg (37%) < PFeAl (55%) < PM-tot (59%). Low amounts of Pin, Porg and PM-tot did not verify the applicability of the Marks' fractionation for the set of studied soils. Close correlations at P ≤ 0.001 were found for all methods for estimating the fractions of bioavailable phosphates (PCaCl2, Pex, PDL and PM3). Statistically significant relations were observed between Pin with Par, PM-tot and PFeAl.

Keywords: phosphorus; soil; bioavailability; P fractions

Published: July 31, 2009  Show citation

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Kulhánek M, Balík J, Černý J, Vaněk V. Evaluation of phosphorus mobility in soil using different extraction methods. Plant Soil Environ. 2009;55(7):267-272. doi: 10.17221/43/2009-PSE.
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