Strategies for improving fertilizer phosphorus use efficiency in Chinese cropping systems

doi:10.15302/J-FASE-2019280

Front. Agr. Sci. Eng.

2019, Vol. 6

Issue (4) : 341-347 https://doi.org/10.15302/J-FASE-2019280

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Strategies for improving fertilizer phosphorus use efficiency in Chinese cropping systems

Gu FENG¹(

), Jingping GAI¹, Xionghan FENG², Haigang LI¹, Lin ZHANG¹, Keke YI³, Jialong LV⁴, Yiyong ZHU⁵, Li TANG⁶, Yilin LI⁷

¹. College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
². College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
³. Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Fertilizer, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
⁴. College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
⁵. College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
⁶. College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China
⁷. State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China

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Abstract

A four-year project, entitled “The mechanisms of fraction transformation and high use efficiency of P fertilizer in Chinese cropping systems” commenced in 2017. The project was established to answer three key questions and looked at 17 cropping systems on ten soils. First, we asked what are the dynamics of transformation, fixation and mobilization of P fertilizers in soil-cropping systems? Second, what are the mechanisms of soil-crop-microbe interactions by which P fertilizer can be efficiently used? Third, how to manipulate the processes of P use in cropping systems? The targets of this project are (1) to explore the mechanisms of P fixation, the pathways of loss of P availability and the threshold of migration of fertilizer P in the field; (2) to uncover mechanisms by which soil legacy P is mobilized through root physiological and morphological processes and through arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and P-solubilizing bacteria in rhizosphere and hyphosphere; (3) to estimate the biological potential of crops for high efficiency P absorption and use; (4) to innovate new approaches for improving the efficiency of P fertilizers. The outcomes will provide theoretical support for setting standards for limitation of P fertilizer application rate in the main cropping zones of China.

Keywords fixation mobilization phosphorus fertilizer rhizosphere transformations utilization

Corresponding Author(s): Gu FENG

Just Accepted Date: 27 August 2019 Online First Date: 16 October 2019 Issue Date: 29 November 2019

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Gu FENG,Jingping GAI,Xionghan FENG, et al. Strategies for improving fertilizer phosphorus use efficiency in Chinese cropping systems[J]. Front. Agr. Sci. Eng. , 2019, 6(4): 341-347.

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Fig.1 The changes in availability of P from rock to plant tissue.

Fig.2 Illustration of key tasks and objectives of work package 1–4 of the P project.

Fig.3 Illustration of key tasks and objectives of work package (WP) 5–8 of the P project.

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