Changes in soil phosphorus fractions following sole cropped and intercropped maize and faba bean grown on calcareous soil

• Published in: Plant and soil Vol. 448; no. 1-2; pp. 587 - 601
• Main Authors: Liao, Dan, Zhang, Chaochun, Li, Haigang, Lambers, Hans, Zhang, Fusuo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.03.2020; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: aboveground biomass; Agricultural practices; Analysis; Beans; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Broad beans; Calcareous soils; Coexistence; Corn; Cropping systems; Crops; Depletion; Ecology; faba beans; Fractionation; Intercropping; Legumes; Life Sciences; Mimosaceae; Phosphorus; Phosphorus content; Plant Physiology; Plant Sciences; Regular Article; Sodium bicarbonate; Sodium hydroxide; Soil analysis; Soil dynamics; Soil investigations; Soil Science & Conservation; Soils; Sole cropping; Maize; Faba bean; Hedley fractionation; Soil phosphorus fractions; Intercropping

Aims This study aimed to investigate the effects of coexistence with faba bean, a phosphorus (P)-efficient crop, on soil-accumulated P use by a maize/faba bean intercropping system on dynamic changes in soil P pool. Methods Maize and faba bean were grown in P-accumulated soil as either sole cropping...