R. Indiati et An. Sharpley, SOIL PHOSPHATE SORPTION AND SIMULATED RUNOFF PARAMETERS AS AFFECTED BY FERTILIZER ADDITION AND SOIL PROPERTIES, Communications in soil science and plant analysis, 26(15-16), 1995, pp. 2319-2331
Changes in soil phosphate (P) sorption properties, soil P availability
and two runoff-related parameters, were determined on 32 Italian soil
s, following application of 100 mg P/kg soil. The ability of soil chem
ical and physical characteristics, in predicting the relative changes
in soil P availability was investigated. Phosphorus Sorption Index (SI
) gave the best estimate (r>0.76; P<0.001) of the potential for change
in the studied P soil properties. Inclusion of SI into the fertilizer
recomniendation process using soil P availability, may improve fertil
izer-use efficiency and reduce the potential for P loss in runoff