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Long-term impact of elevated CO2 on phosphorus fractions varies in three contrasting cropping soils

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Background and aim

The long-term effect of elevated CO2 (eCO2) on P biogeochemistry in farming systems is largely unknown. This study compared the effects of eCO2 on P fractions in three contrasting soils after growing crops for seven years.

Methods

An experiment of free-air-CO2-enrichment (FACE) was conducted with a rotation of wheat, field pea and canola grown in intact cores of Chromosol, Vertosol and Calcarosol under ambient CO2 (aCO2) (390 ± 10 ppm) or eCO2 (550 ± 30 ppm). Crop P removal, soil P fractions and biochemical properties were determined.

Results

Elevated CO2 resulted in extra 134, 91 and 93 mg P core−1 removed as grains, compared to aCO2, for Chromosol, Vertosol and Calcarosol, respectively. It decreased the concentration of NaHCO3-extractable inorganic P (by 17–36%), and decreased NaOH-extractable inorganic P by 24% in Chromosol, and 77% in Vertosol but did not affect it in Calcarosol. Elevated CO2 also decreased NaOH-extractable organic P by 20, 12 and 7 mg kg−1 in the three soils, respectively. Furthermore, eCO2 decreased soil organic carbon (by 8.2%) and increased microbial biomass carbon and respiration in Chromosol but not in other two soils.

Conclusion

Long-term eCO2 favoured microbial mineralization of organic P in Chromosol and chemical mobilization of non-labile inorganic P in all three soils.

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Acknowledgements

The Australian Grains Free Air CO2 Enrichment program including SoilFACE is jointly run by Agriculture Victoria (Victorian State Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources) with the University of Melbourne and funding from the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) and the Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources. We gratefully acknowledge Mel Munn, Roger Perris, Liana Warren and Russel Argall and team (Agriculture Victoria) for management of the SoilFACE experiment and Mahabubur Mollah (Research Engineer, Agriculture Victoria) for running the FACE technology.

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Jin, J., Armstrong, R. & Tang, C. Long-term impact of elevated CO2 on phosphorus fractions varies in three contrasting cropping soils. Plant Soil 419, 257–267 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-017-3344-4

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