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The agronomic effectiveness, phosphorus utilization efficiency and inorganic fractions of phosphorus, applied once to an Ultisol in Xianning, Hubei province, and then cropped 9 seasons, were measured. The results showed: (1)forall crops, the relative agronomic effectiveness (RAE) of three phosphate rocks (PRs), compared with triple superphosphate (TSP), reached 103.1–154.9% at three rates of P applied; (2) phosphorus utilization ratios during 5 years were 33.7–59.3% with the average of 35.0–52.7% for three PRs, greater than TSP ; (3)the total amountof inorganic phosphorus in soils which received phosphate fertilizers were 395.5–492.8 mg/kg, however, it was 387.4 mg/kg in soil given no phosphorus fertilizer. The most remarkable increases were occluded P(O-P) and calcium P(Ca-P) fractions at P 35 level (i.e. soil extractable P reached 35 mg/kg). (4) after 9 crops were harvested, the balance of phosphorus in the soils of control (CK) and all P 15 level treatments was negative, however, for soils treated with P 25 level and P 35 level, the balance was positive.
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Hongqing, H., Chunying, T., Chongfa, C. et al. Availability and residual effects of phosphate rocks and inorganic P fractionation in a red soil of Central China. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 59, 251–258 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1014454705792
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