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The concentrations and chemical composition of water-extractable P were compared in four soil types from NE Scotland. All sites were sampled during the early establishment phase of a spring barley (Hordeum vulgare) crop. The quantity of total soluble P extracted ranged from <2.0 to 10 mg P kg soil-1, of which up to 50% was classified as being organically associated. Sample fractionation showed that both orthophosphate inorganic P and organic P were associated with a wide molecular-size range of organic material. A strong positive correlation was readily apparent between P and the sum of Fe + Al in the fractionated samples. The extent of enzymatic hydrolysis of organic P varied between soil samples and the type of enzyme. Phytase consistently produced the greatest degree of hydrolysis.
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Pant, H.K., Edwards, A.C. & Vaughan, D. Extraction, molecular fractionation and enzyme degradation of organically associated phosphorus in soil solutions. Biol Fertil Soils 17, 196–200 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00336322
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