Effects of Compost and Mineral Sulfur Fertilizers on Phosphorus Desorption at Wujiraba Watershed, Northwestern Highlands of Ethiopia

Habtamu Admas

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Habtamu Admas

acidic soil, incubation, nitisols, p deficiency, p fixation, yield decline

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Phosphorus fixation is one of the major problems of crop growth in acidic soils such as Nitisols. It is also one of the most chronic problems for crop yield decline in Wujiraba watershed. Therefore, an incubation study was conducted for two months in pots to investigate the effects of compost and S fertilizers on P desorption in strongly acid soils with low P contents. The experimental treatments included three rates of compost (0, 5 and 10 t compost ha) and S (0, 15 and 30 kg S ha) fertilizers which were laid down in CRD with three replications. At the end of the incubation period, the analyzed data result revealed highly significant (P ≤ 0.001) difference in available P by interaction effects of compost and S fertilizers whereby the highest (22.8 mg kg) was recorded in pots treated with high dose of compost (10 kg compost ha) and nil S fertilizer rates that increased by 301% relative to the control. Unlike compost fertilizer, S amendment decreased available P and increased exchangeable Ac and Al contents of soil. Therefore, this work indicated a decline in P fixation and exchangeable Al with application of compost fertilizer which is a cost effective measure on strongly acid soils with P deficiency.

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Effects of Compost and Mineral Sulfur Fertilizers on Phosphorus Desorption at Wujiraba Watershed, Northwestern Highlands of Ethiopia. (2014). Global Journal of Science Frontier Research, 14(47), 69-78. https://journalofscience.org/index.php/GJSFR/article/view/

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