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Journal of Agriculture ›› 2022, Vol. 12 ›› Issue (8): 43-47.doi: 10.11923/j.issn.2095-4050.cjas2021-0153

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Heterogeneity of Available Phosphorus in Regional Farmland Soil and Its Causes

ZHANG Jian1(), ZHANG Mingkui2()   

  1. 1Wenzhou Plant Protection and Soil-fertilizer Station, Wenzhou 325600, Zhejiang, China
    2College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, Zhejiang, China
  • Received:2021-09-13 Revised:2021-11-25 Online:2022-08-20 Published:2022-09-22
  • Contact: ZHANG Mingkui E-mail:wznyz@126.com;mkzhang@zju.edu.cn

Abstract:

The application of phosphorus (P) fertilizer is an important means to regulate soil available P and obtain high yield of crops. Therefore, the regional soil available P status can reflect the rationality of P fertilizer application in the area on a long time scale. Taking Zhejiang Province as an example, through the statistical analysis of the collected data of soil available P measured from 2015 to 2020, we discussed the change and spatial differentiation characteristics of farmland soil available P, analyzed the problems existing in the application of P fertilizer, and put forward countermeasures and suggestions of P application. The average level of soil available P in farmland soil in Zhejiang increased significantly, with an overall increase of about 85.0%. However, the distribution of available P in farmland soil in different regions of Zhejiang was extremely unbalanced. Available P in soil showed significantly spatial heterogeneity in both large and small spatial scales. Soil available P data showed a skewed distribution, which was reflected in the low proportion of soil with available P of 10-30 mg/kg, the high proportion of P deficiency soil with available P of <10 mg/kg, and the excessive accumulation of P in soil with available P of > 50 mg/kg. The reason was that the application of P fertilizer in many areas focused on cash crops rather than on food crops, and the implementation of compound fertilizer exacerbated this trend to a certain extent. Landform, soil texture and soil type also had a certain impact on the level of soil available P. The analysis shows that it is necessary to strengthen the work of soil testing formula in the application of P fertilizer, and implement classified P application based on the level of tested soil available P. The results also show that the geometric average could better reflect the real situation of regional available P than the arithmetic average.

Key words: soil available phosphorus, farmland, area, geometric average, spatial differences, classified fertilization

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