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Assessing alternative approaches to predicting soil phosphorus sorption

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posted on 2023-05-16, 17:06 authored by Burkitt, LL, Gourley, CJP, Hannah, MC, Sale, PWG
Twenty-five pasture soils were sampled from high-rainfall zones of southeastern Australia to examine relationships between soil properties, and between soil properties and P buffering capacity (PBC) measures. Correlations between PBC values and soil properties were generally poor, with the exception of oxalate-extractable Al (Alox) (r ≥ 0.97). Predictions of PBC were further improved when clay, as well as Alox, was included in a linear regression model (r2 ≥ 0.98). When Alox and oxalate-extractable Fe were excluded from the modelling exercise, a more complex three-term linear regression model, including pHH2O, exchangeable H and cation exchange capacity, adequately fitted both PBC values of the 25 soils examined in this study (r2 ≥ 0.76). However, the Alox, Alox plus clay and the three-term models gave poor predictions of the PBC values when the models were validated using 28 independent soils. These results emphasize the importance of model validation, because predictive models based on soil properties were not robust when tested across a broader range of soil types. In comparison, direct measures of PBC, such as single-point P sorption measures, are more practical and robust methods of estimating PBC for Australian soils. © 2006 The Authors.

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Publication title

Soil Use and Management

Volume

22

Issue

4

Pagination

325-333

ISSN

0266-0032

Department/School

Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA)

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Place of publication

United Kingdom

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  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Environmentally sustainable animal production not elsewhere classified

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