Managing Phosphorus Availability from Organic and Inorganic Sources for Optimum Wheat Production in Calcareous Soils

Manzoor Ahmad, Muhammad Ishaq, Wajid Ali Shah, Muhammad Adnan, Shah Fahad, Muhammad Hamzah Saleem, Fahim Ullah Khan, Maria Mussarat, Shadman Khan, Baber Ali, Yasser S. Mostafa, Saad Alamri and Mohamed Hashem
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Manzoor Ahmad: Department of Agriculture, Bacha Khan University, Charsadda 24420, Pakistan
Muhammad Ishaq: Department of Agriculture, Bacha Khan University, Charsadda 24420, Pakistan
Wajid Ali Shah: Department of Agriculture, Bacha Khan University, Charsadda 24420, Pakistan
Muhammad Adnan: Department of Agriculture, University of Swabi, Ambar, Swabi 23561, Pakistan
Shah Fahad: Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresource, College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
Muhammad Hamzah Saleem: MOA Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
Fahim Ullah Khan: Department of Agriculture, Hazara University, Mansehra 21300, Pakistan
Maria Mussarat: Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Peshawar 25000, Pakistan
Shadman Khan: Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Peshawar 25000, Pakistan
Baber Ali: Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan
Yasser S. Mostafa: Department of Biology, College of Science, King Khalid University, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia
Saad Alamri: Department of Biology, College of Science, King Khalid University, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia
Mohamed Hashem: Department of Biology, College of Science, King Khalid University, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 13, 1-12

Abstract: In calcareous soils, wheat productivity is much lower due to improper nutrient management, especially phosphorus (P). Therefore, this study was conducted to manage P availability from various organic (Control, FYM and Sugar cane straw applied at the rate of 10 ton ha −1 ) and inorganic (Control, 100% rock phosphate (RP), 50% acidulated RP, 100% acidulated RP, single super phosphate (SSP) and diammonium phosphate (DAP)) sources applied at the rate of 90 kg P 2 O 5 ha −1 in calcareous soil while using wheat as test crop. When averaged across the organic sources, SSP performed better in emergence m −2 (126), tillers m −2 (431), spikes m −2 (419), grains spikes −1 (61), plant height (95.1 cm), 1000-GW (40 g), biological yield (11,023 kg ha −1 ), grain yield (4022 kg ha −1 ), phosphorus use efficiency (10.5%), phosphorus in leaves at tillering (2.63 mg kg −1 ) and anthesis stage (2.50 mg kg −1 ), soil P at heading (1.73 mg kg −1 ) and post-harvest stage (1.56 mg kg −1 ) compared to the rest of the mineral sources. Similarly, among the organic sources, FYM performed better than others for all tested traits. Integration of inorganic P sources with organic manures further improved crop performance and post-harvest soil P content. Therefore, using 10 tons FYM ha −1 in integration to SSP or 100% acidulated RP at the rate of 90 kg P 2 O 5 ha −1 is recommended for ensuring optimum wheat productivity under calcareous soils.

Keywords: acidulated RP; calcareous soils; phosphorus; rock phosphate; sugarcane straw (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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