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Title: Intensive agricultural management‐induced subsurface accumulation of labile phosphorus in Midwestern agricultural soils dominated by tile lines

Abstract

Abstract In addition to surface runoff, subsurface P loss through tile lines in agricultural lands has received attention over the last decade. It is not clearly understood how this strong ligand, phosphate, is distributed in subsoils (≤180 cm), contributing to subsurface P loss. We hypothesized that subsurface accumulation of labile P as a result of long‐term intensive agricultural management contributes to subsurface P loss. The depth sequence distribution of P and its speciation and reactivity were investigated in tile‐line‐dominated Midwestern agricultural fields via chemical extraction and digestion, batch desorption experiments, and X‐ray absorption near‐edge structure spectroscopy. The results suggest that labile P in subsoils exceeds the eutrophication‐inducing level (>0.01 mg L –1 ). Because of intensive agricultural management, total P was ∼400 mg kg –1 in surface soils and ∼200‐300 mg kg –1 in subsoils. The depth sequence distribution of P indicated the translocation of P to subsoils. Although phosphate and phytic acid adsorbed by Al or Fe (oxyhydro)oxides and calcite were found in surface soils, phosphate adsorbed to calcite, hydroxyapatite, or both were the dominant P species in subsoils. Phosphate was highest in surface soils and decreased sharply with increasing depth. Slightly alkaline soil in subsoils suppressed the release of P but the processmore » was continuous after 30 d. Subsurface P loss was influenced by the dissolution and desorption process of inorganic P phases and preferentially transported P from surface soils. Subsurface P loss should be considered in strategies to reduce agricultural P loss in the Gulf of Mexico.« less

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  1. Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences Univ. of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign Urbana IL 61801 USA
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1646899
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OSTI ID: 1646900
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Office of Science; Office of Basic Energy Sciences
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Published Article
Journal Name:
Soil Science Society of America Journal
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Journal Name: Soil Science Society of America Journal Journal Volume: 84 Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 0361-5995
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Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
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United States
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English

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Xu, Suwei, Gentry, Lowell, Chen, Kai‐Yue, and Arai, Yuji. Intensive agricultural management‐induced subsurface accumulation of labile phosphorus in Midwestern agricultural soils dominated by tile lines. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1002/saj2.20089.
Xu, Suwei, Gentry, Lowell, Chen, Kai‐Yue, & Arai, Yuji. Intensive agricultural management‐induced subsurface accumulation of labile phosphorus in Midwestern agricultural soils dominated by tile lines. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20089
Xu, Suwei, Gentry, Lowell, Chen, Kai‐Yue, and Arai, Yuji. Fri . "Intensive agricultural management‐induced subsurface accumulation of labile phosphorus in Midwestern agricultural soils dominated by tile lines". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20089.
@article{osti_1646899,
title = {Intensive agricultural management‐induced subsurface accumulation of labile phosphorus in Midwestern agricultural soils dominated by tile lines},
author = {Xu, Suwei and Gentry, Lowell and Chen, Kai‐Yue and Arai, Yuji},
abstractNote = {Abstract In addition to surface runoff, subsurface P loss through tile lines in agricultural lands has received attention over the last decade. It is not clearly understood how this strong ligand, phosphate, is distributed in subsoils (≤180 cm), contributing to subsurface P loss. We hypothesized that subsurface accumulation of labile P as a result of long‐term intensive agricultural management contributes to subsurface P loss. The depth sequence distribution of P and its speciation and reactivity were investigated in tile‐line‐dominated Midwestern agricultural fields via chemical extraction and digestion, batch desorption experiments, and X‐ray absorption near‐edge structure spectroscopy. The results suggest that labile P in subsoils exceeds the eutrophication‐inducing level (>0.01 mg L –1 ). Because of intensive agricultural management, total P was ∼400 mg kg –1 in surface soils and ∼200‐300 mg kg –1 in subsoils. The depth sequence distribution of P indicated the translocation of P to subsoils. Although phosphate and phytic acid adsorbed by Al or Fe (oxyhydro)oxides and calcite were found in surface soils, phosphate adsorbed to calcite, hydroxyapatite, or both were the dominant P species in subsoils. Phosphate was highest in surface soils and decreased sharply with increasing depth. Slightly alkaline soil in subsoils suppressed the release of P but the process was continuous after 30 d. Subsurface P loss was influenced by the dissolution and desorption process of inorganic P phases and preferentially transported P from surface soils. Subsurface P loss should be considered in strategies to reduce agricultural P loss in the Gulf of Mexico.},
doi = {10.1002/saj2.20089},
journal = {Soil Science Society of America Journal},
number = 4,
volume = 84,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Aug 07 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Fri Aug 07 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}

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