Long-term dynamics of phosphorus forms and retention in manure-amended soils.

Phosphorus (P) leaching from soils with elevated P levels due to manure applications is increasingly becoming a concern as a source of eutrophication of streams and lakes. This study investigates the relationship between organic and inorganic P in soil pools and equilibrium leachate along a chronosequence of poultry and dairy manure additions in New York state. Resin-extractable P (molybdate-reactive P, RP) and total soil P reached very high levels of 2330 and 7343 mg of P kg(-1), respectively, after more than 25 years of continuous manure applications. After long-term manuring, the ability of these soils to retain additional P was low (Langmuir maximum sorption potential of 51-59 g of P kg(-1)) and equilibrium leachate concentrations of total dissolved P (TDP) were high (5.5-7.6 mg L(-1); saturated conditions, 0.15-m lysimeters in closed loop). Total dissolved P concentrations in equilibrium leachate increased linearly (r= 0.737) to a total soil P of 4500 mg kg(-1) and increased to a greater extent above 4500-5500 g kg(-1) (change point equivalent to about 1500 mg kg(-1) Mehlich 3-extractable RP). The proportion of dissolved unreactive P (DUP) in equilibrium leachate decreased from 90% of TDP in fields with a short manure application history to 2% of TDP where mainly poultry manure had been applied for >25 years, while unreactive P (UP) in soil decreased from 44% to 6%. Dissolved RP (DRP) was less mobile than DUP in soils with short duration of manure applications (p < 0.05), while differences between DUP and DRP mobility disappeared with longer duration of manure application and greater total soil P. Organic P forms in NaOH/NaF extracts determined by 31P NMR did not change with manure history, but sequential fractionation showed that the relative distribution of RP pools in soils changed. Dilute acid Pi increased from 10% to 62% with longer poultry manure additions, suggesting the formation of calcium phosphates as the soil pH increased from 4.1 to 6.0-7.2. The precipitation of P as calcium phosphates appeared to influence leachable P upon high and long-term applications of manure dominated by poultry litter.

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