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Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology ›› 2010, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (05): 1301-1307.

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Interactive effects of P deficiency and Al toxicity on soybean growth: A pot experiment with acid soil.

CHEN Na;WANG Xiu-rong;YAN Xiao-long;LIAO Hong   

  1. Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Soil and Plant Nutrition in South China, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
  • Online:2010-05-20 Published:2010-05-20

Abstract: Taking seven soybean genotypes differing in P efficiency as test materials, a pot experiment with acid soil was conducted to study the interactive effects of P deficiency and Al toxicity on the growth of the genotypes under liming and P fertilization. The results showed that P deficiency and Al toxicity were the limiting factors for the soybean growth on acid soil, and the impact of Al toxicity was more severe. There existed interactive effects between P deficiency and Al toxicity. Comparing with liming or P fertilization alone, their combination could greatly promote soybean growth. The impact of P deficiency and Al toxicity on the P uptake by soybean was far greater than that on N and K uptake. A reasonable planting system for soybean would be helpful for the amelioration of acid soil. The combined application of 1.103 g Ca(OH)2·kg-1soil and 2.018 g KH2PO4·kg-1 soil) could increase the acid soil pH by 38.4% and the available P content by 3223.8%, and decreased the soil exchangeable Al content by 96.3%. Planting P-efficient soybean genotypes rather than P in-efficient soybean genotypes had better effect in acid soil amelioration.

Key words: soybean, P deficiency, Al toxicity, P efficiency, acid soil, near surface CO2 concentration, character of underlying surface, monitoring along the transects, urbanization, Shanghai City.