TY - JOUR
T1 - Size and composition of colloidal phosphorus across agricultural soils amended with biochar, manure and biogas slurry
AU - Eltohamy, Kamel Mohamed
AU - Milham, Paul J.
AU - Gouda, Mostafa
AU - Menezes-Blackburn, Daniel
AU - Khan, Sangar
AU - Liu, Boyi
AU - Jin, Junwei
AU - Ye, Ye
AU - Liang, Xinqiang
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PY - 2023/4/6
Y1 - 2023/4/6
N2 - The long-term application of organic amendments like manure, biochar and biogas slurry can increase phosphorus (P) levels in agricultural soils; however, at present, it's not clear how this affects the P association with different mobile water-dispersible colloidal particles (Pcoll). Thus, this study aimed to assess the effects of the long-term application of different organic amendments on the abundance, size and compositional characteristics of Pcoll. For this purpose, a total of 12 soils amended with the above three organic amendments were sampled from the Zhejiang Province, China, and Pcoll were fractionated into nano-sized (NC; 1–20 nm), fine-sized (FC; 20–220 nm), and medium-sized (MC; 220–450 nm) by a combination of differential centrifugation and ultrafiltration steps. These three Pcoll forms together accounted for 74 ± 14% of the total soil solution dissolved P content, indicating that Pcoll release was a key process in the overland P transport from these soils. Soils treated with biochar showed lower Pcoll contents than those treated with manure or slurry alone; this effect should be further explored in a controlled inductive research approach. Compositional analysis showed that inorganic P was the predominant Pcoll form in the NC (54 ± 20%) and FC (63 ± 28%) fractions, but not in the MC (42 ± 26%) fraction. Among the three fractions, the organic carbon (OC)–calcium (Ca) complex was the major carrier of NC-bound Pcoll, MC-bound Pcoll was better correlated with OC–manganese/iron/aluminium colloids than with OC–Ca colloids, and both of these phenomena co-occurred in the FC fraction. The current study provides novel insights into the impact of various carbon amendments on the propensity for P loss associated with different soil mobile colloidal fractions, and will therefore, inform future agronomic and environmental-related policies and studies.
AB - The long-term application of organic amendments like manure, biochar and biogas slurry can increase phosphorus (P) levels in agricultural soils; however, at present, it's not clear how this affects the P association with different mobile water-dispersible colloidal particles (Pcoll). Thus, this study aimed to assess the effects of the long-term application of different organic amendments on the abundance, size and compositional characteristics of Pcoll. For this purpose, a total of 12 soils amended with the above three organic amendments were sampled from the Zhejiang Province, China, and Pcoll were fractionated into nano-sized (NC; 1–20 nm), fine-sized (FC; 20–220 nm), and medium-sized (MC; 220–450 nm) by a combination of differential centrifugation and ultrafiltration steps. These three Pcoll forms together accounted for 74 ± 14% of the total soil solution dissolved P content, indicating that Pcoll release was a key process in the overland P transport from these soils. Soils treated with biochar showed lower Pcoll contents than those treated with manure or slurry alone; this effect should be further explored in a controlled inductive research approach. Compositional analysis showed that inorganic P was the predominant Pcoll form in the NC (54 ± 20%) and FC (63 ± 28%) fractions, but not in the MC (42 ± 26%) fraction. Among the three fractions, the organic carbon (OC)–calcium (Ca) complex was the major carrier of NC-bound Pcoll, MC-bound Pcoll was better correlated with OC–manganese/iron/aluminium colloids than with OC–Ca colloids, and both of these phenomena co-occurred in the FC fraction. The current study provides novel insights into the impact of various carbon amendments on the propensity for P loss associated with different soil mobile colloidal fractions, and will therefore, inform future agronomic and environmental-related policies and studies.
KW - Agricultural soils
KW - Biochar
KW - Nano- and colloidal P
KW - Organic amendments
KW - Organic carbon
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U2 - 10.1007/s44246-023-00048-2
DO - 10.1007/s44246-023-00048-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85160058765
SN - 2731-6696
VL - 2
JO - Carbon Research
JF - Carbon Research
IS - 1
M1 - 16
ER -