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Alfalfa green manure amendment improved P use efficiency and reduced P losses from paddy fields

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Low phosphorus (P) use efficiency of synthetic P fertilizers leads to soil degradation and environmental problems. Holistic approaches are required to increase crop productivity and enhance P use efficiency. The application of green manure results in multiple benefits for soil–plant systems. In this study, the following treatments were investigated: control (no fertilizer), 36NPK, 72NPK, 27NPK+ broad bean manure, 27NPK+ alfalfa manure, 36NPK+ broad bean manure, 36NPK+ alfalfa manure, 72NPK+ broad bean manure, and 72NPK+ alfalfa manure (27, 36, and 72 corresponds to the application rate of synthetic P fertilizer in kg ha−1). Our results showed that grain yields were similar between fertilization treatments, except that the 72NPK+ alfalfa treatment significantly decreased grain yield by 20% compared to the 72NPK treatment. The 27NPK+ alfalfa treatment significantly increased the total P uptake by 19% compared to the 36NPK treatment. The recovery efficiency of P for the 27NPK+ alfalfa and 36NPK+ alfalfa treatments significantly increased by 32% and 12%, respectively, and for the 72NPK+ alfalfa treatment, it decreased by 9% compared to the 72NPK treatment. The rice productivity, P uptake, and P recovery efficiency for the 27NPK+ alfalfa treatment were slightly higher than those with the 27NPK+ broad bean treatment owing to the high P concentration in alfalfa. Potential P losses in the 27NPK+ alfalfa, 36NPK+ alfalfa, 72NPK+ alfalfa, and 72NPK treatments were 1, 10, 43, and 38 kg ha−1, respectively. In conclusion, an appropriate application rate of synthetic P fertilizer along with alfalfa green manure enhanced the recovery efficiency of P and reduced P losses from paddy fields.

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This work was supported by the Science Foundation of Guizhou, China ([2018]1076 and [2020]1Y118), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31960636), Guizhou Education Cooperation (KY[2017]140 and KY[2017]119), the Foundation of Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture (UA201704), and the Science Foundation of Guizhou Minzu University (GZMU[2019]YB17).

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    Xiaoye Gao, Yan He, Caili Sun, Hongyun Xu & Xiaodan Wang

  2. Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, 200240, People’s Republic of China

    Xiaoye Gao, Yan He, Caili Sun, Hongyun Xu & Xiaodan Wang

  3. Institute of New Rural Development, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, People’s Republic of China

    Tao Zhang

  4. School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, People’s Republic of China

    Yuan An

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Gao, X., He, Y., Zhang, T. et al. Alfalfa green manure amendment improved P use efficiency and reduced P losses from paddy fields. Nutr Cycl Agroecosyst 123, 35–47 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10705-022-10195-4

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