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Table 2 Soil P status

From: Organic phosphorus leaching risk from agricultural soils across China

Soils

TP

(mg kg−1)

APT

(mg kg−1)

API

(mg kg−1)

APO

(mg kg−1)

APO/APT

(%)

CaCl2-PT

(mg kg−1)

CaCl2-PI

(mg kg−1)

CaCl2-PO

(mg kg−1)

CaCl2-PO/CaCl2-PT

(%)

Total soils (n = 63)

 Min

378

1.55

0.27

0.03

0.23

0.97

0.16

0.20

8.13

 Max

3387

767

281

727

94.8

9.33

8.57

3.80

88.5

 Mean

1118

147

58.2

89.2

56.8

2.43

1.60

0.83

34.7

 SD

576

174

69.3

128

24.8

1.99

1.52

0.80

14.5

Paddy soils (n = 21)

 Min

535

12.3

2.38

4.8

19.9

1.03

0.16

0.20

17.5

 Max

2690

264

107

204

92.6

1.76

1.25

1.20

88.5

 Mean

1252a

72.8b

24.6b

48.2b

67.5a

1.38b

0.87b

0.52a

36.8a

 SD

517.37

65.3

28.9

49.3

21.9

0.22

0.23

0.26

16.1

Red soils (n = 11)

 Min

556

1.55

0.27

1.28

15.3

1.03

0.75

0.20

15.2

 Max

1797

659

271

470

84.3

7.23

5.65

3.80

77.1

 Mean

1114a

253ab

110a

143a

53.9ab

2.93a

1.86ab

1.07a

32.5a

 SD

373

266

104

172

21.2

2.41

1.86

1.25

20.4

Chernozem (n = 13)

 Min

378

13.1

10.6

0.03

0.23

1.26

0.75

0.37

26.2

 Max

2501

506

139

367

86.2

6.40

4.72

2.41

56.8

 Mean

1089a

134ab

54.5b

80.0ab

41.9b

2.89a

1.87ab

1.02a

36.9a

 SD

584

148

52.5

108

27.2

2.06

1.47

0.67

8.05

Other soils (n = 18)

 Min

382

33.4

9.66

11.5

6.30

0.97

0.58

0.29

8.13

 Max

3387

767

281

727

94.8

9.33

8.57

3.77

50.8

 Mean

985a

179a

68.5ab

111ab

56.7ab

3.03a

2.11a

0.93a

32.0a

 SD

727

182

70.7

165

24.2

2.44

1.94

0.91

12.1

  1. Different letters indicate significant difference (p < 0.05) between paddy soils, red soils, chernozem, and other soils
  2. n number of soil samples, SD standard deviation, TP total P, APT total available P, API available inorganic P, APO available organic P, APO/APT %; CaCl2-PT total CaCl2-extractable P, CaCl2-PI CaCl2-extractable inorganic P, CaCl2-PO CaCl2-extractable organic P, CaCl2-PO/CaCl2-PT