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Comparative assessment of P adsorption, release kinetics, enzymatic activities of weathered fly ash amended texturally different soils

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Safe disposal of huge quantity of fly ash is compulsory to avoid environmental problems, and contents of significant amount of plant nutrients, particularly phosphorus (P), make it a potential amendment in agriculture. A comparative assessment of P adsorption, release kinetics and enzymatic activities of weathered fly ash amended texturally different soils is yet to be explored. This article explores the influence of fly ash with or without FYM on P adsorption parameters and indices, release kinetics, P activity coefficient (PAC) and enzymatic activities in Inceptisol and Vertisol with the treatments comprising graded doses of weathered fly ash and FYM. Increased fly ash doses amplified the P adsorption in soils, which further increased with FYM application. Binding energy, adsorption maxima and P sorption index also augmented by increased doses of fly ash. Gibb’s free energy of adsorption indicated that P adsorption was due to chemisorption. However, rate of P release was 6–10 times higher at initial stages and increased concentration of P through fly ash and FYM quantified higher P diffusion rate. PAC was negatively influenced by higher quantity of fly ash, but FYM positively influences PAC. Enzymatic activities decreased in Inceptisol beyond 200 t ha−1 fly ash; however, 50 t ha−1 FYM nullifies the negative impact of fly ash and increased enzymatic activities in both the soils. Increased maximum P buffering capacity, PAC, enzymatic activities and liming effects on acidic soils suggested better management options of fly ash as slow release P source in crop production along with FYM.

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Authors acknowledge Vindhyachal Thermal Power Station, Singrauli, India, for the supply of fly ash and express thanks to Dr. Debarup Das, Scientist, for the assistance in XRD analysis of fly ash and Dr. Rajesh Kumar, Principal Scientist, for FTIR analysis of fly ash and FYM at ICAR—Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi.

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Abhijit Sarkar contributed to conceptualization; visualization; investigation of phosphorus kinetics and adsorption isotherms; methodology; roles/writing—original draft. Madhumonti Saha contributed to data curation; formal analysis; roles/writing—original draft. Jayanta Kumar Saha contributed to supervision; resources; writing—review and editing. M. Vassanda Coumar contributed to chemical characterization of fly ash; writing—review and editing. Asit Mandal helped in investigation of enzymatic activities; writing—review and editing. Ashok Kumar Patra contributed to writing—review and editing.

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Sarkar, A., Saha, M., Saha, J.K. et al. Comparative assessment of P adsorption, release kinetics, enzymatic activities of weathered fly ash amended texturally different soils. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. 19, 2089–2106 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-021-03196-3

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