Development of phosphorus sorption capacity-based environmental indices for tile-drained systems

Welikhe, Pauline; Brouder, Sylvie M.; Volenec, Jeffrey J.; Gitau, Margaret; Turco, Ronald F.

doi:10.1002/jeq2.20044

Title: Development of phosphorus sorption capacity-based environmental indices for tile-drained systems

Journal Article · 13 January 2020 · Journal of Environmental Quality

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.20044 · OSTI ID:1801024

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Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States). Dept. of Agronomy; OSTI
Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States). Dept. of Agronomy
Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States). Dept. of Agriculture and Biological Engineering

The persistent environmental relevance of phosphorus (P) and P sorption capacity (PSC) on P loss to surface waters has led to proposals for its inclusion in soil fertility and environmental management programs. As fertility and environmental management decisions are made on a routine basis, the use of laborious P sorption isotherms to quantify PSC is not feasible. Alternatively, pedotransfer functions (pedoTFs) estimate PSC from routinely assessed soil chemical properties. Our objective was to examine the possibility of developing a suitable pedoTF for estimating PSC and to evaluate subsequent PSC-based indices (P saturation ratio [PSR] and soil P storage capacity [SPSC]) using data from an in-field laboratory where tile drain effluent is monitored daily. Phosphorus sorption capacity was well predicted by a pedoTF derived from soil aluminum and organic matter (R² = .60). Segmented-line relationships between PSR and soluble P were observed in both desorption assays (R² = .69) and drainflows (R² = .66) with apparent PSR thresholds in close agreement at 0.21 and 0.24, respectively. Negative SPSC values exhibited linear relationships with increasing soluble P concentrations in both desorption assays and drainflows (R² = .52 and R2 = .53 respectively), whereas positive SPSC values were associated with low SP concentrations. Therefore, PSC-based indices determined using pedoTFs could estimate the potential for subsurface soluble P losses. Also, we determined that both index thresholds coincided with the critical soil-test P level for agronomic P sufficiency (22 mg kg-1 Mehlich-3 P) suggesting that the agronomic threshold could serve as an environmental P threshold.

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Research Organization:: South Dakota State Univ., Brookings, SD (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

Grant/Contract Number:: FG36-08GO88073

OSTI ID:: 1801024

Journal Information:: Journal of Environmental Quality, Journal Name: Journal of Environmental Quality Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 49; ISSN 0047-2425

Publisher:: American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of AmericaCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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