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The long-term soil phosphorus balance across Chinese arable land

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The long-term soil phosphorus balance across Chinese arable land. / Ma, Jinchuan; Liu, Yingxia; He, Wentian et al.
In: Soil Use and Management, Vol. 34, No. 3, 09.2018, p. 306-315.

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Ma, J, Liu, Y, He, W, He, P, Haygarth, PM, Surridge, BWJ, Lei, Q & Zhou, W 2018, 'The long-term soil phosphorus balance across Chinese arable land', Soil Use and Management, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 306-315. https://doi.org/10.1111/sum.12438

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Ma, J., Liu, Y., He, W., He, P., Haygarth, P. M., Surridge, B. W. J., Lei, Q., & Zhou, W. (2018). The long-term soil phosphorus balance across Chinese arable land. Soil Use and Management, 34(3), 306-315. https://doi.org/10.1111/sum.12438

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Ma J, Liu Y, He W, He P, Haygarth PM, Surridge BWJ et al. The long-term soil phosphorus balance across Chinese arable land. Soil Use and Management. 2018 Sept;34(3):306-315. Epub 2018 Jul 18. doi: 10.1111/sum.12438

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Ma, Jinchuan ; Liu, Yingxia ; He, Wentian et al. / The long-term soil phosphorus balance across Chinese arable land. In: Soil Use and Management. 2018 ; Vol. 34, No. 3. pp. 306-315.

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title = "The long-term soil phosphorus balance across Chinese arable land",
abstract = "Quantifying temporal and spatial variation of soil phosphorus (P) input, output and balance across Chinese arable land is necessary for better P management strategies. Here, we address this challenge using a soil P budget to analyse the soil P balance in arable land across the whole of China, for the period 1980–2012. Results indicated that the total P input to soil increased from 22.5 kg P/ha in 1980 to 79.1 kg P/ha in 2012. However, the total P output from soil only increased from 17.9 kg P/ha in 1980 to 36.9 kg P/ha in 2012. Therefore, the average net soil P surplus in China increased from 4.6 kg P/ha in 1980 to 42.1 kg P/ha in 2012. Our research found great variation in soil P balances across different regions. Soil P balance varied between regions with the order of southeast (SE) > north central (NC) and the middle and lower reaches of Yangtze River (MLYR) > southwest (SW) > northwest (NW) > northeast (NE). Phosphorus that has accumulated in agricultural soil across China could theoretically meet crop P demands for approximately 4.8–12.0 yrs, depending on the bioavailability of P stored in soils. Increasing the return rates of manure and straw could substantially reduce the demand for fertilizer-P. This paper represents a basis for more targeted, regionally informed P fertiliser recommendations in Chinese soils.",
keywords = "Soil P balance, long‐term soil P accumulation, sustainable P management, P use efficiency",
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