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Eucalyptus growth and phosphorus nutritional efficiency as affected by soil compaction and phosphorus fertilization

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Pages 2700-2714 | Received 23 Oct 2017, Accepted 10 Oct 2018, Published online: 29 Oct 2018
 

ABSTRACT

Soil compaction interferes in soil nutrient transport and root growth. The aim of this work was to evaluate eucalypt growth and phosphorus (P) nutritional efficiency as affected by soil compaction and P rates. The treatments were composed of a 3 × 4 factorial scheme (soil bulk densities levels versus P fertilization rates) for two weathered tropical soils, a clayey Ferralsol (FClayey) and a sandy Ferralsol (FSandy). The soil bulk densities assessed were 0.90, 1.10 and 1.30 g cm−3 for FClayey, and 1.35, 1.55 and 1.75 g cm−3 for FSandy. The P rates were 0, 150, 300 and 600 mg kg−1 for FClayey, and 0, 100, 200 and 400 mg kg−1 for FSandy. Soil compaction reduced root growth, P content in the plant, P utilization efficiency and P recovery efficiency; and increased average root diameter. Phosphorus fertilization increased root length density, root surface area, dry matter, P content in the plant, P utilization efficiency and P uptake efficiency; and decreased P recovery efficiency. It was concluded that P fertilization is not effective to offset the deleterious effects of soil compaction on eucalypt growth and nutrition.

Abbreviations: FClayey: clayey Ferralsol; FSandy: sandy Ferralsol; RDens: root length density; RDiam: root diameter; RSurf: root surface area; RDM: root dry matter; SDM: shoot dry matter; WPDM: whole-plant dry matter; RP: root P content; SP: shoot P content; WPP: whole-plant P content; PUtE: P utilization efficiency; PUpE: P uptake efficiency; PRE: P recovery efficiency.

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