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Effects of superabsorbent polyacrylamide hydrogel and gypsum applications on colloidal phosphorus release from agricultural soils

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Abstract

Purpose

The present study aimed to assess the synergistic effects of superabsorbent polyacrylamide hydrogel (SPH) and gypsum on colloidal phosphorus (CP) release from different farmlands (i.e. tea, vegetable, and paddy soils).

Materials and methods

A laboratory experiment was carried out to examine the effects of SPH at different rates of 0.00, 0.01, 0.05, and 0.1% (w/w) and gypsum at the rates of 0 and 0.005% (w/w) on CP released from different farmland soils. For this purpose, CP, colloidal molybdate–reactive P (MRPc), and colloidal molybdenum–unreactive P (MUPc) were measured in soil solutions.

Results and discussion

The results revealed that the release of CP, MRPc, and MUPc ranged respectively from 5.20 to 56.65, 1.62 to 39.09, and 0.33 to 37.10% of total P (TP) in soil solutions across three farmland soils. Besides, the soils treated with SPH and gypsum (0.1%) mitigated CP release respectively by 51.75%, 62.64%, 24.13%, and 62.74% for tea, vegetable, silt loam paddy, and loam paddy soils. However, the MRPc release dropped respectively by 40.22%, 41.04%, 38.55%, and 63.70% in tea, vegetable, silt loam paddy, and loam paddy soils, and similar trends were observed in MUPc, namely, 43.72%, 49.37%, 35.71%, and 56.17% respectively in tea, vegetable, silt loam paddy, and loam paddy soils. The results indicated that gypsum could make a binding in the carboxyl group of polyacrylamide (PAM)/SPH and anion CP because of decreased CP release.

Conclusions

The major form of P was CP, and co-application of PAM/SPH and gypsum could be a promising management approach to moderate CP release from agricultural soils.

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We are grateful for grants from the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFD0800103), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41522108), and the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (LR16B070001).

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    Seyed Hamid Hosseini, Sangar Khan & Xinqiang Liang

  2. Faculty of Sciences, Chemistry Department, University of Burundi, Bujumbura, 2700, Burundi

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• Synergistic effects of SPH and gypsum decreased the release of CP.

• Sole application of SPH augmented CP release from agricultural soils.

• Organic matter (OM), pH, and soil texture were regarded as major factors affecting CP release.

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Hosseini, S.H., Niyungeko, C., Khan, S. et al. Effects of superabsorbent polyacrylamide hydrogel and gypsum applications on colloidal phosphorus release from agricultural soils. J Soils Sediments 21, 925–935 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-020-02819-5

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