Phosphorus in citrus soils: Removal and redistribution of phosphorus from the soil during twenty-eight years of cropping with citrus studied

Pratt, P; Jones, W

Phosphorus in citrus soils: Removal and redistribution of phosphorus from the soil during twenty-eight years of cropping with citrus studied

Authors

P. F. Pratt
W. W. Jones

Authors Affiliations

P. F. Pratt is Assistant Chemist in the Department of Soils and Plant Nutrition, University of California, Riverside; W. W. Jones is a Horticulturist at the University of California, Riverside.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 10(11):10-10. DOI:10.3733/ca.v010n11p10. November 1956.

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Abstract

Soil samples taken in 1955—from a 38-year-old citrus orchard—were compared with soil samples taken in 1927 when a long-term fertility trial with various fertilizer treatments was started. The main factors known to have influenced yields in the fertility trial are available nitrogen and structural conditions of the soil. The application of phosphorus fertilizers did not influence the yields or the quality of the fruit.

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