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Life Impact The University of Adelaide The Effect of Soil Moisture on Fluid and Granular Fertilizer Availability. Thérèse McBeath Mike McLaughlin Jason Kirby David Chittleborough Roger Armstrong

Life Impact The University of Adelaide The Effect of Soil Moisture on Fluid and Granular Fertilizer Availability 1 Outline Soil Moisture x Nutrient Interactions Experimental Design Results Conclusions Further work Acknowledgements

Life Impact The University of Adelaide The Effect of Soil Moisture on Fluid and Granular Fertilizer Availability 2 Soil Moisture x Nutrient Interactions ABC Soil solutionReadily exchangeable Unavailable “Available”“Fixed”

Life Impact The University of Adelaide The Effect of Soil Moisture on Fluid and Granular Fertilizer Availability 3 Is there carryover of fertilizer nutrients after drought? Can fertilizer rates be reduced following drought? Both questions relate to diffusion and fixation reactions of fertilizer in response to soil moisture. Farmer Perspective Key Project Questions

Life Impact The University of Adelaide The Effect of Soil Moisture on Fluid and Granular Fertilizer Availability 4 Soil Moisture x Nutrient Interactions What do we know about fertilizer behaviour under drought conditions? Reduced dissolution of fertilizer Reduced root growth, hence reduced nutrient uptake efficiency Reduced diffusion of fertilizer Reduced fixation of fertilizer ? ?

Life Impact The University of Adelaide The Effect of Soil Moisture on Fluid and Granular Fertilizer Availability Yield (g/pot) Dry Moist controlTGMAPMAP Vertosol In clay soil dry incubation increased the amount of fertilizer available for plant growth.

Life Impact The University of Adelaide The Effect of Soil Moisture on Fluid and Granular Fertilizer Availability controlTGMAPMAP Yield (g/pot) Dry Moist Calcarosol In calcareous soil dry incubation decreased the amount of granular fertilizer available for plant growth.

Life Impact The University of Adelaide The Effect of Soil Moisture on Fluid and Granular Fertilizer Availability 7 Soil Moisture x Nutrient Interactions To manage drought farmers often sow early into dry soil. How does this affect nutrient availability? May also give some clues as to nutrient availability following dry spells.

Life Impact The University of Adelaide The Effect of Soil Moisture on Fluid and Granular Fertilizer Availability 8 Soils-Langhorne Creek, Walpeup, Kangaroo Island, Osage, Wary, Warramboo. Fertilizers- Fluid and Granular P and Zn. Moisture- Air Dry and 80% field capacity incubation for 4 weeks. Experimental Design

Life Impact The University of Adelaide The Effect of Soil Moisture on Fluid and Granular Fertilizer Availability 9 Australian Sites KIKI WalpeupLC Warramboo

Life Impact The University of Adelaide The Effect of Soil Moisture on Fluid and Granular Fertilizer Availability 10 US Sites

Life Impact The University of Adelaide The Effect of Soil Moisture on Fluid and Granular Fertilizer Availability 11 Soils TestUnits Kangaroo Island Walpeup Langhorne Creek WarrambooOsageWary pHH2OH2O Texture Loamy sand Sandy Loam Loamy Sand silt loam Total Camg/kg Total Femg/kg Total Almg/kg Total Pmg/kg DGT CE P μg/L Total Znmg/kg

Life Impact The University of Adelaide The Effect of Soil Moisture on Fluid and Granular Fertilizer Availability mm soils 2 ferts (TGMAP + Zn, MAP Zn coated) 2 moistures (air dry / 80% field capacity) 3 reps Sampled in 4 sections pH Total P/Zn Water soluble P/Zn Soil Labile P/Zn (E-values) Experimental Design

Life Impact The University of Adelaide The Effect of Soil Moisture on Fluid and Granular Fertilizer Availability 13 Phosphorus Diffusion No diffusionWet > diffusion, fluid > gran

Life Impact The University of Adelaide The Effect of Soil Moisture on Fluid and Granular Fertilizer Availability 14 In wet and dry soil fluid fertilizer diffusion greater than granular. In dry soil most of the P added does not move beyond the zone of application. Phosphorus Diffusion

Life Impact The University of Adelaide The Effect of Soil Moisture on Fluid and Granular Fertilizer Availability 15 Phosphorus Lability Granular dry not reacting with soil while fluid dry is but dry always > wet More diffusion of labile nutrient in the wet soil

Life Impact The University of Adelaide The Effect of Soil Moisture on Fluid and Granular Fertilizer Availability 16 In dry soil the granular fertilizer does not interact with the soil while fluid fertilizer does decreasing its lability. Soil incubated dry has greater amount of labile P in almost all cases (exception Warramboo). In wet soil there is more diffusion of labile P. Phosphorus Lability

Life Impact The University of Adelaide The Effect of Soil Moisture on Fluid and Granular Fertilizer Availability 17 Zinc Diffusion Diffusion when wet and more with fluid.

Life Impact The University of Adelaide The Effect of Soil Moisture on Fluid and Granular Fertilizer Availability 18 More Zn diffusion in wet soil and with fluid fertilizer In dry soil most of the Zn added does not move beyond the zone of application Zinc Diffusion

Life Impact The University of Adelaide The Effect of Soil Moisture on Fluid and Granular Fertilizer Availability 19 Zinc Lability LSD Fluid dry > granular dry except

Life Impact The University of Adelaide The Effect of Soil Moisture on Fluid and Granular Fertilizer Availability 20 Zinc Lability More labile Zn from fluid than from granular in dry soil in ¾ cases. Each soil and fertiliser combination different as to whether wet > dry. Issues of detection for Zn are currently being refined.

Life Impact The University of Adelaide The Effect of Soil Moisture on Fluid and Granular Fertilizer Availability 21 Plant growth after wet and dry incubation LC better plant response to dry than to wet (esp. TGMAP). Warramboo soil fresh batch and much less responsive.

Life Impact The University of Adelaide The Effect of Soil Moisture on Fluid and Granular Fertilizer Availability Conclusions 22 Diffusion of both fluid and granular P and Zn are inhibited when incubated dry. Labile P was higher at the point of application when incubated dry. Labile Zn was higher in dry soil when added as a fluid. Fluid P added to dry soil had < lability than granular- important when contemplating dry sowing.

Life Impact The University of Adelaide The Effect of Soil Moisture on Fluid and Granular Fertilizer Availability 23 Further Work Comparison of these results with field studies. The effect of a range of wet-dry cycles on diffusion and lability. The effect of co-location vs. separately applied Zn and P. The effect of granular fertilizer coating on diffusion and lability.

Life Impact The University of Adelaide The Effect of Soil Moisture on Fluid and Granular Fertilizer Availability 24 Acknowledgements Funding- Fluid Fertilizer Foundation, South Australian Grains Industry Trust, Australian Research Council. Laboratories- CSIRO Land and Water Technical-Caroline Johnston, Maria Manjarrez, Ashlea Doolette. Soils- Ganga Hettiararchchi.