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Table 1 Depth resolved phosphorus (P) stocks and the composition of NaOH–EDTA extractable soil P, as assessed by the liquid 31P-NMR spectroscopy of homogenized composite samples (n = 3) of three long-term experimental sites

From: Subsoils—a sink for excess fertilizer P but a minor contribution to P plant nutrition: evidence from long-term fertilization trials

Management

Depth

P recovery

Phosphonate

Orthophophate

Monoesters

Diesters

Pyrophosphate

Extractable Po

Extractable Pt

> 20 ppm

6.7 to 6.0 ppm

6.9 to 6.7, 6.0 to 3.5 ppm

2 to − 2 ppm

− 4.3 ppm

cm

%

kg ha−1 (%)

Dahlem

 Control

0–30

30

0.0 (0)

627 (80)

144 (18)

4.5 (0.6)

6.2 (0.8)

148 (19)

781

30–50

19

0.0 (0)

191 (96)

8 (4)

0.0 (0)

0.0 (0)

8 (4)

199

70–90

10

0.0 (0)

172 (100)

0.0 (0)

0.0 (0)

0.0 (0)

0

172

 Mineral + organic P

0–30

45

0.0 (0)

989 (85)

162 (14)

3.3 (0.3)

6.8 (0.6)

166 (14)

1162

30–50

51

0.0 (0)

410 (98)

10 (2)

0.0 (0)

0.0 (0)

10 (2)

420

70–90

15

0.0 (0)

186 (100)

0.0 (0)

0.0 (0)

0.0 (0)

0

186

Freising Dürnast

 Control

0–30

57

0.0 (0)

825 (67)

392 (32)

6.8 (0.6)

9.2 (0.7)

398 (32)

1233

30–60

40

3.5 (0.4)

477 (50)

461 (49)

1.9 (0.2)

6.2 (0.7)

466 (49)

949

60–90

47

0.0 (0)

557 (62)

339 (38)

0.0 (0)

4.9 (0.5)

339 (38)

901

 Mineral + organic P

0–30

64

3.1 (0.2)

1187 (72)

442 (27)

5.8 (0.3)

10.2 (0.6)

451 (27)

1648

30–60

37

2.2 (0.2)

514 (52)

454 (46)

3.7 (0.4)

5.3 (0.5)

460 (47)

979

60–90

48

0.0 (0)

787 (68)

358 (31)

0.0 (0)

4.9 (0.4)

358 (31)

1150

Bad Lauchstädt

 Control

0–30

39

0.0 (0)

336 (46)

386 (53)

2.7 (0.4)

8.4 (1.1)

388 (53)

733

30–60

28

0.0 (0)

117 (39)

177 (59)

3.4 (1.1)

1.0 (0.3)

180 (60)

299

60–90

11

0.0 (0)

54 (52)

50 (48)

0.0 (0)

0.0 (0)

50 (48)

103

 Mineral + organic P

0–30

56

0.0 (0)

1554 (82)

328 (17)

9.4 (0.5)

9.0 (0.5)

338 (18)

1901

30–60

39

0.0 (0)

750 (71)

299 (28)

5.7 (0.5)

4.0 (0.4)

305 (29)

1059

60–90

35

0.0 (0)

384 (67)

187 (33)

1.3 (0.2)

0.0 (0)

189 (33)

572

  1. The values in parentheses (%) represent the individual P forms as a proportion of total NaOH–EDTA extractable soil P. The content of diesters and monoesters were corrected by considering P hydrolysis during extraction