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Abstract
Urea phosphate (17–44–0) (UP) was injected in surface placed drip irrigation lines, subsurface placed drip irrigation lines (15 cm below soil surface), or band under furrow irrigation on a calcareous soil. In drip irrigation, UP was split in two applications, two weeks apart, to give a total rate of 50 kg P2O5/ha. The furrow rate was 100 kg P2O5/ha in a single application. Soil analysis one month after the first injection of UP showed high levels of available P (NaHCO3 extractable) around the drip emitters. Considerable P mobility in the soil was detected within 20 cm from the emitters. Banding UP under the furrow did not leave any measurable levels of available P by the end of the experiment. Soil NO3‐N levels were comparable in all fertilized irrigation treatments, and were higher than the levels under an unfertilized furrow. Soil pH was reduced by 0.5 units around the drip emitters, but no change was measurable under furrow irrigation. Soluble salts (ECe) were concentrated in the top 10 cm of the soil surface in all the fertilized irrigation methods. Split application of UP in subsurface drip irrigation provided the longest residual and best distribution of available P in a calcareous soil.
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Department of Soil and Water Science, and Plant Sciences, respectively. University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721.