Evaluating the benefits of legacy phosphate

• Published in: Plant and soil Vol. 480; no. 1-2; pp. 561 - 570
• Main Authors: Barrow, N. J., Roy, Dibakar, Debnath, Abhijit
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.11.2022; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Accessibility; Agriculture; Analysis; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Buffers; Desorption; Ecology; Effectiveness; Estimates; Evaluation; Fertilizers; Growth (Plants); High temperature; hysteresis; Life Sciences; Phosphate; Phosphates; phosphorus fertilizers; Plant growth; Plant Physiology; Plant Sciences; Research Article; soil; Soil Science & Conservation; Soil testing; Soils; Sorption; United Kingdom; India; P desorption; Buffering capacity; Soil tests; Phosphate; P sorption; Residual value; Hysteresis

Aims Many soils in the developed world have been fertilized with phosphate for several decades. Appreciable phosphate has accumulated in such soils. This is referred to as “legacy P”. The benefits of legacy P are not widely appreciated. Here, we report the effects of legacy P on buffering capacity a...