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Growth, P uptake in grain legumes and changes in rhizosphere soil P pools

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In soils with low P availability, several legumes have been shown to mobilise less labile P pools and a greater capacity to take up P than cereals. But there is little information about the size of various soil P pools in the rhizosphere of legumes in soil fertilised with P although P fertiliser is often added to legumes to improve N2 fixation. The aim of this study was to compare the growth, P uptake and the changes in rhizosphere soil P pools in five grain legumes in a soil with added P. Nodulated chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.), faba bean (Vicia faba L.), white lupin (Lupinus albus L.), yellow lupin (Lupinus luteus L.) and narrow-leafed lupin (Lupinus angustifolius L.) were grown in a loamy sand soil low in available P to which 80 mg P kg−1 was added and harvested at flowering and maturity. At maturity, growth and P uptake decreased in the following order: faba bean > chickpea > narrow-leafed lupin > yellow lupin > white lupin. Compared to the unplanted soil, the depletion of labile P pools (resin P and NaHCO3-P inorganic) was greatest in the rhizosphere of faba bean (54% and 39%). Of the less labile P pools, NaOH-P inorganic was depleted in the rhizosphere of faba bean while NaOH-P organic and residual P were most strongly depleted in the rhizosphere of white lupin. The results suggest that even in the presence of labile P, less labile P pools may be depleted in the rhizosphere of some legumes.

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The research was supported by the Australian Research Council. HMH acknowledges the support from the Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia, and Universiti Sains Malaysia for her studies.

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  1. Soils Group, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, The Waite Research Institute, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia

    Hasnuri Mat Hassan, Petra Marschner & Ann McNeill

  2. Department of Agricultural Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Caixian Tang

  3. School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

    Hasnuri Mat Hassan

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Mat Hassan, H., Marschner, P., McNeill, A. et al. Growth, P uptake in grain legumes and changes in rhizosphere soil P pools. Biol Fertil Soils 48, 151–159 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-011-0612-y

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