Monday, 6 October 2008

George R. Brown Convention Center, Exhibit Hall E

Eric Young and Donald Ross, Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermont, 105 Carrigan Drive, Burlington, VT 05405

Water-soluble P forms are important from a crop nutrition and water quality perspective. While the factors influencing inorganic P availability are well established, much less is known about the factors controlling organic P solubility and its potential bioavailability. We measured water-extractable P concentrations and P hydrolyzed by phosphatase enzymes in a range of unfertilized floodplain soils from the Lake Champlain Basin, Vermont. In a group of 14 Ap-horizons, organic P was the dominant form of water-extractable P (74%). Across the soils, 17% of the total water-extractable organic P was hydrolyzed to inorganic P by the addition of alkaline phosphatase (reflecting labile sugar phosphates), while 31% was hydrolyzed by alkaline phosphatase plus phosphodiesterase (nucleic acids and phospholipids). Water-soluble organic P also dominated in another set of Ap (71%) and C horizons (69%), and was significantly correlated with organic matter and soil water content. Results show that soil map unit properties (organic matter and drainage) influenced the nature and reactivity of the water-soluble P pool.

See more of: Nutrients and Soil Structure: II (includes Graduate Student Competition) (Posters)
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2008 Joint Annual Meeting (5-9 Oct. 2008): Prevalence and Potential Bioavailability of Water-Soluble Organic Phosphorus in Riparian Soils.

607-33 Prevalence and Potential Bioavailability of Water-Soluble Organic Phosphorus in Riparian Soils.