Suñer L.,
J.A. Galantini. 2015.
Texture influence on soil phosphorus content and distribution in semiarid
Pampean grasslands. International
Journal of Plant & Soil Science (ISSN: 2320-7035) Vol.: 7, Issue.: 2 109-120, no.IJPSS.2015.136
Soil texture can modify the content, equilibrium and
dynamic of soil phosphorus (P) in very different ways. The objective of this
work was to study the P form contents associated to physical fractionation of
SOM in soils with different texture. Soil samples (0-0.15 m) were obtained from
27 sites with different texture in a twenty five years old pasture located in
the Experimental Station of Bordenave, Argentina (63°01’20”W; 37°51’55”S). Soil
particle size fractions were obtained by wet sieving separating the fine (0-100
µm) and coarse (100-2000 µm) fractions. Soil organic matter was determined in
each fraction, mineral associated organic matter (MOM) and particulate organic
matter (POM), respectively. Extractable
(Pe), organic (Po), inorganic (Pi) and total extractable (Pt) phosphorus was determined and occluded P (Pocl) was calculated as the
difference [Pt - (Po+Pi)] in the whole soil and the particles fractions. In these soils, texture
determines P reserves and the equilibrium of its different forms. Available P
forms (estimated by Pe) was related to the inorganic form present the fine
fraction of the soil. Phosphorus content in its different forms is closely
associated with soil fractions. The level of Po was higher in the coarse
fraction of soils with a higher content of fine fractions. All the studied P
forms were higher in fine textured soils than in coarse ones, however, P forms
in particle size fractions showed different tendencies. In coarse textured
soils, Po in the MOM was lower than fin textured ones, however, The P content
in MOM was richer and POM was poorly than fine textured soils.