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Phosphine-induced phosphorus mobilization in the rhizosphere of rice seedlings

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Abstract

Purpose

The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of phosphine in the mobilization of phosphorus in the rhizosphere soil of rice seedlings and to determine the relative efficiency of phosphine in plant P acquisition.

Materials and methods

An indoor simulation experiment was conducted and the matrix-bound phosphine (MBP), phosphorus fractions, and phosphatase activity in the rhizosphere soil samples from rice cultivation, biomass, the plant P, and the root system activity were measured under different phosphine concentrations (0, 1.4, 4.2, and 7.0 mg m−3) for a period of 30 days.

Results and discussion

The results indicated that phosphine treatments enhanced MBP, inorganic P (resin–Pi, NaHCO3–Pi, and NaOH–Pi), and phosphatase activity, as well as the root system activity, and the content of P in the rice seedlings was stimulated with increasing phosphine concentrations. However, organic P (NaHCO3–Po and NaOH–Po) accumulation occurred in the rhizosphere of the rice seedlings. In addition, the content of organic P in the soil samples decreased with increased phosphine concentration.

Conclusions

Therefore, relatively high concentrations of phosphine in paddy field could have a positive impact on the effectiveness of phosphorus in rice plants via influencing the rhizosphere properties.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant (Nos. 41071305, 41105083 and 51008128), Guangdong Provincial Social Development Research Project (No. 2011B031000012), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2012ZM0040) and State Key Lab of Subtropical Building Science, South China University of Technology (2014KB13).

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  1. College of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, People’s Republic of China

    Jinfeng Wang, Li Li, Xiaojun Niu & Dinghui Zou

  2. School of environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 201123, People’s Republic of China

    Jinfeng Wang

  3. The Key Lab of Pollution Control and Ecosystem Restoration in Industry Clusters, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, China

    Xiaojun Niu

  4. The Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Eco-Remediation of Guangdong Regular Higher Education Institutions, Guangzhou, 510006, People’s Republic of China

    Xiaojun Niu

  5. State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Building Science, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510640, People’s Republic of China

    Xiaojun Niu

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Wang, J., Li, L., Niu, X. et al. Phosphine-induced phosphorus mobilization in the rhizosphere of rice seedlings. J Soils Sediments 16, 1735–1744 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-016-1366-9

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