Phytoremediation of High-Phosphorus Soil by Annual Ryegrass and Common Bermudagrass Harvest

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-26-2015

Abstract

Removal of soil phosphorus (P) in crop harvest is a remediation option for soils high in P. This 4-year field-plot study determined P uptake by annual ryegrass (ARG, Lolium multiflorum Lam.) and common bermudagrass (CB, Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.) from Ruston soil (fine-loamy, siliceous, thermic Typic Paleudult) enriched in P by five previous annual applications of poultry litter, and related P removed to Bray 2 P in surface (0–15 cm) soil. Decreases in surface soil Bray 2 P were largely attributable to uptake. Phosphorus uptake was positively related to Bray 2 P but approached a limit. Mass of P removed in harvest closely approximated the decrease in mass of surface soil Bray 2 P. Maximum Bray 2 P drawdown per harvest (ARG and CB, average) was ˜3 mg kg−1 at Bray 2 P ˜ 300 mg kg−1, generally consistent with measured decreases in Bray 2 P.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

First Page

736

Last Page

752

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