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A field experiment was conducted in northeastern China to study the effects of no-tillage (NT) and residue application rates (NT and residue application at 0% (NTR0%), 33% (NTR33%), 67% (NTR67%), and 100% (NTR100%)) on soil phosphatase activities and P species determined by 31P NMR, and their relationships at 0–10 and 10–20 cm depths. The NTR33% treatment showed significantly higher available P, microbial biomass P, pyrophosphate, scyllo-inositol hexakisphosphate (scyllo-IHP), and corrected diester contents than the NTR0% treatment. The myo-IHP concentration under the NTR33% treatment at the 0–10 cm depth was significantly greater than in all treatments except the NTR100% treatment at the 0–10 cm depth and the NTR67% and NTR100% treatments at the 10–20 cm depth. The corrected monoester content under the NTR33% treatment at the 0–10 cm depth was not significantly different from the NTR67% at the 0–10 cm depth and the NTR100% treatment at the 10–20 cm depth, but was significantly greater than in all other treatments. Both NTR33% and NTR100% treatments significantly increased acid phosphomonoesterase activity. Structural equation modeling suggested a relationship of organic P compounds with phosphodiesterase and acid phosphomonoesterase at 0–10 cm, and with alkaline phosphomonoesterase at 10–20 cm.
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We gratefully acknowledge all of our colleagues for their unremitting efforts on this long-term experiment. We are grateful to the editor Paolo Nannipieri for the valuable comments, suggestions, and revisions on this manuscript. Thanks also to the anonymous reviewers for their useful comments and suggestions regarding the manuscript.
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L.C., Z.C., and H.X. contributed to the study conception and design. G.W. performed the experiment. Data collection and analysis were performed by G.W., K.W., Z.C., N.J., and L.C., G.W., K.W., D.J., and H.X. contributed to the fieldwork. The first draft of the manuscript was written by G.W., L.C. commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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Wu, G., Wei, K., Chen, Z. et al. Crop residue application at low rates could improve soil phosphorus cycling under long-term no-tillage management. Biol Fertil Soils 57, 499–511 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-020-01531-3
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