The chemical nature of P accumulation in agricultural soils-implications for fertiliser management and design: An Australian perspective

Plant and Soil

Volumn 349, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 69-87

  McLaughlin, Mike J ^a,b   McBeath, Therese M ^a   Smernik, Ron ^b   Stacey, Sam P ^b   Ajiboye, Babasola ^b   Guppy, Chris ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fertiliser placement; Fixation; Inorganic P; Organic P; P use efficiency; Precipitation; Sorption

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CALCAREOUS SOIL; CROP PRODUCTION; CROPPING PRACTICE; DESIGN; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FIXATION; LEACHING; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; PASTURE; PHOSPHORUS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL TEST; SORPTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SUBSOIL;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 82555172454     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0907-7     Document Type: Article

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