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. 2022 Jun 8;56(13):9196–9219. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.2c00099

Table 1A. Classification and Amount of P and Phytate in Soils: Total P (Pt), Organic P (Po), and Phytase-Hydrolyzable P (PPhy) Concentrations (mg kg–1) and Proportion (%) of the Po to Pt and PPhy to Pt or Po in Different Soils by Different Extraction and Analytical Methodsa.

location soil description phytase-hydrolyzable P % total P % organic P extraction and analytical method ref        
England and Wales temperate lowland permanent pasture with high clay (22–68%) 26–189   ND–26 NaOH-EDTA extraction, solution 31P NMR spectroscopy Turner et al.161        
Madagascar rice humid tropical oxisols ND–33   11–35, 22 Turner162        
Southern Chile dairy cattle dung 153–613 9–14 44–73% Fuentes163        
feces 1325     Toor et al.164        
Australia pasture soils (n = 5) 0.1–0.4   10.8–33.5 H2O extraction, enzymatic hydrolysis Turner et al.11        
location soil description dune age (years B.P.) Pt Po total IP6 % of Po myo-IP6 % of IP6 extraction and analytical method ref
Haast, New Zealand mineral soils along coastal dunes under lowland temperate rain forest 290 178 128 56.7 44.4 34.9 61.6 NaOH-EDTA extraction, solution 31P NMR spectroscopy, and spectral deconvolution Turner165
392 196 140 65.8 46.9 42.3 64.3
517 178 122 48.6 40.0 26.3 54.1
787 210 139 49.9 36.0 24.9 49.9
1826 126 99.0 51.1 51.6 27.2 53.3
3384 115 86.4 40.0 46.3 19.9 49.7
3903 85 66.9 29.7 44.4 17.0 57.1
4422 97 70.0 36.2 51.7 19.5 54.0
6500 82 63.2 26.4 41.8 12.7 48.0
location soil description Pt Po (%Pt) Pphy %Pt %Po extraction and analytical method ref    
western USA semiarid arable soils (n = 11) 220–1210 1.7–22.8 1.4–8.4   37–87 NaHCO3 extraction, enzymatic hydrolysis, solution 31P NMR spectroscopy Turner et al.166    
England and Wales lowland permanent pasture soils (n = 29) 376–1981 208–895 26–189   11–35 NaOH-EDTA extraction, solution 31P NMR spectroscopy Turner et al.161    
Gooding County in southern Idaho loamy fine sand + solid manure 440–970 71–170 (16–17)   10.2–16.2 4.8–16.2 Hansen et al.167    
  loamy fine sand + lagoon manure 750–1000 55–130 (7.3–13)   4.8–15          
Newport, ME (NS) uncultivated soil (coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid, typic Haplorthod; 42% sand, 52% silt, and 6% clay) 12 2.2 (H2O), 73 (NaHCO3), 239 (NaOH) 0.7 (H2O), 64.2 (NaHCO3), 44.7 (NaOH)   20–71 sequential H2O, NaHCO3, and NaOH extraction, enzymatic hydrolysis He et al.159    
Presque Isle, Maine conventional cultivation practice (caribou sandy loam: fine-loamy, isotic, frigid Typic Haplorthods; 51% sand, 41% silt, and 8% clay) 32.5 4.3 (H2O), 90 (NaHCO3), 249 (NaOH) 1.9 (H2O), 83.3 (NaHCO3), 54.0 (NaOH)   28–79    
  conventional cultivation practice with 10 yr swine manure application 37 6.8 (H2O), 101 (NaHCO3), 330 (NaOH) 1.0 (H2O), 42.3 (NaHCO3), 68.4 (NaOH)   17–49        
New Zealand pasture soils (n = 24) 116–2746 46–991 (24–60) 13–220   14–91 NaOH-EDTA extraction, solution 31P NMR McDowell et al.168    
Madagascar rice Oxisols (n = 13) 130–1380 22–393 (19–44) trace–33.1   12.2–26   Turner162    
location soil description Pt Po (%Pt) Pphy %Pt %Po extraction and analytical method ref    
northern Alabama fine loam (n = 1) 9.4 (H2O), 9.1 (NaHCO3), 67.1 (NaOH), 2.1 (HCl) 100 (H2O), 25.2 (NaHCO3), 45.4 (NaOH), 60 (HCl)   9.7–16.4 (NaOH)   NaOH extraction, with or without enzymatic hydrolysis, solution 31P NMR He et al.169    
fine loam + poultry litter for 20 yr at rates of 1.36 mg ha–1 yr–1 (n = 1) 32.2 (H2O), 82.2 (NaHCO3), 230 (NaOH), 34.6 (HCl) 12.3 (H2O), 0 (NaHCO3), 37.6 (NaOH), 0 (HCl)   0.9–5.2 (NaOH)      
Delmarva Peninsula poultry litter (PL) 9988–12436 6103–7700 (61–62) 5135–5968 48–51 77.5–84.1 NaOH-EDTA extraction, solution 31P NMR Hill and Cade-Menun170    
composted litter (CL): poultry litter and cow manure 11372–16256 3550–11090 (31–68) 3413–8412 21–52 75.9–96.1    
crop soil (CS): soy or corn 326–827 95–141 (17–29) 42–53 6–13 37.6–44.2    
ditch sediment (DS) 49–687 14.2–86.7 (10–29) 3–21 2–6 21.1–24.2    
Pennsylvania fine loam (n = 10) 604–858 178–378 (28.2–60.9) 31–111 4.93–16.9 17.4–40.1 Dou et al.171    
fine loam + animal manure or spent mushroom compost (n = 10) 808–4866 114–244 (6.91–19.4) 53–106 1.57–6.76 22.6–43.4    
Irish nonbasaltic grassland soils (n = 4) 616–2580 188–592 97–185   20–52 Murphy et al.172    
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Numbers with underlines are the mean values.