Silicon as a potential limiting factor for phosphorus availability in paddy soils.

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Experimental Biogeochemistry, BayCEER, University of Bayreuth, Dr.-Hans-Frisch-Str. 1-3, 95448, Bayreuth, Germany.

Published: September 2022

Rice cultivation requires high amounts of phosphorus (P). However, significant amounts of P fertilizer additions may be retained by iron (Fe) oxides and are thus unavailable for plants. At the same time, rice cultivation has a high demand for silicic acid (Si), reducing Si availability after short duration of rice cultivation. By studying a paddy chronosequence with rice cultivation up to 2000 years, we show that Si limitation, observed as early as a few decades of rice cultivation, is limiting P availability along the paddy soils chronosequence. Using near edge X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy (NEXAFS) in a scanning transmission (soft) X-ray microscope (STXM) we show release of available P was linked to a Si-induced change in speciation of Fe-phases in soil particles and competition of Si with P for binding sites. Hence, low Si availability is limiting P availability in paddy soils. We propose that proper management of Si availability is a promising tool to improve the P supply of paddy plants.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9521874PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20805-4DOI Listing

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