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Poster apresentado no 6th International Phosphorus Workshop, que decorreu em Sevilha de 27 de Setembro a 1 de Outubro de 2010.
Low phosphate (P) availability is one of the major problems in most Ferralsols from Angola, due to the strong ability of these soils to adsorb P, thereby limiting its bioavailability for crop production (Ucuassapi, 2006). Application of biochar as soil amendment, along with superphosphate and rock phosphate fertilizers may be useful in increasing supply of available P. However, appropriate P management strategies may require information on the fate of biochar and applied P fertilizers in the soil as well as on their interaction with soil colloidal constituents. Therefore, information on soil P availability using different methods, and P forms (inorganic and organic) by Hedley modified fractionation procedure (Tiessen and Moir, 1993), early plant growth performance and P content in plant after biochar amendment along with different rates of P fertilizers, is crucial for making appropriate fertilizer and biochar recommendations for crops.
Phosphorus (P) deficiency is the major constraint to crop production in most tropical soils (Sahrawat et al., 2001). In Angola, such constraint (i.e, low concentration and low P solubility) has also been reported to limit crop production in many agricultural soils (Ucuassapi, 2006). These soils may require application of inorganic P through soluble and relatively reactive phosphate rock sources, and lime (Dobermann et al., 2002; Murphy, 2007). However, appropriate P management strategies may require information on the fate of applied P and its interaction with the colloidal constituents. Therefore, information on the different P fractions (inorganic and organic) after the application of different rates of P fertilizers and lime, as fractionated sequentially by the Hedley modified procedure (Tiessen and Moir, 1993) is crucial for making appropriate fertilizer and lime rate recommendations for crops (Islam et al., 2010).