Phosphorus management

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Phosphorus management

Postby oacc_admin » Mon Nov 01, 2010 1:49 pm

Are you concerned about soil phosphorus status on your farm in the long term? How do you manage phosphorus fertility and what signs do you use as P deficiency indicators?
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Re: Phosphorus management

Postby Abu Shamim » Thu Dec 22, 2011 6:31 am

oacc_admin wrote:Are you concerned about soil phosphorus status on your farm in the long term? How do you manage phosphorus fertility and what signs do you use as P deficiency indicators?



For managing phosphorus fertility, soil conditioning is very essential such as soil pH adjust, add organic matter and most important thing is use AM fungi.
phosphorus deficiency symptoms are more pronounced in young plants.stunted growth & purple pigmentation on leaves.
Leaf tips look burnt, followed by older leaves turning a dark green or reddish-purple.
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