A review on phosphorus drip fertigation in the Mediterranean region: Fundamentals, current situation, challenges, and perspectives
The Mediterranean agricultural sector faces many challenges related to water and mineral resource use for crop production and food security for an exponentially growing population. Phosphorus drip fertigation has recently emerged as an efficient and sustainable technique to improve water and nutrien...
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| description | The Mediterranean agricultural sector faces many challenges related to water and mineral resource use for crop production and food security for an exponentially growing population. Phosphorus drip fertigation has recently emerged as an efficient and sustainable technique to improve water and nutrient use efficiency under such challenging pedoclimatic conditions. The classical methods for administering standard P fertilizers to crops (broadcasting and banding) have shown their limitations in terms of P acquisition and use efficiency. More than 60 % of applied P through dry P fertilizers is rapidly transformed into recalcitrant P forms and subsequently lost by soil erosion increasing the effects of P eutrophication issues on the ecosystem's sustainability. The emergence of new advanced irrigation technologies like high-frequent drip irrigation must be accompanied by the development of new P formulations with high water solubility and greater P use efficiency. This review illustrates the state of the art for P fertilizers used in Mediterranean agriculture in the last decades. An overall description is provided for the P fertilizer formulas, their physicochemical properties, as well as their suitability for drip fertigation systems and the consequent effects of their application on photosynthesis, plant growth, and crop productivity. The key factors influencing P fertilizer transformations and use efficiency under drip fertigation systems are extensively discussed in this review with a focus on the differences between orthophosphate and polyphosphate formulations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d55bc9945d784bbca41d3752395962d52024-02-17T06:41:25ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402024-02-01103e25543A review on phosphorus drip fertigation in the Mediterranean region: Fundamentals, current situation, challenges, and perspectivesMohamed Chtouki0Rachida Naciri1Abdallah Oukarroum2Corresponding author.; Plant Stress Physiology Laboratory, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Benguerir, 43150, MoroccoPlant Stress Physiology Laboratory, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Benguerir, 43150, MoroccoPlant Stress Physiology Laboratory, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Benguerir, 43150, MoroccoThe Mediterranean agricultural sector faces many challenges related to water and mineral resource use for crop production and food security for an exponentially growing population. Phosphorus drip fertigation has recently emerged as an efficient and sustainable technique to improve water and nutrient use efficiency under such challenging pedoclimatic conditions. The classical methods for administering standard P fertilizers to crops (broadcasting and banding) have shown their limitations in terms of P acquisition and use efficiency. More than 60 % of applied P through dry P fertilizers is rapidly transformed into recalcitrant P forms and subsequently lost by soil erosion increasing the effects of P eutrophication issues on the ecosystem's sustainability. The emergence of new advanced irrigation technologies like high-frequent drip irrigation must be accompanied by the development of new P formulations with high water solubility and greater P use efficiency. This review illustrates the state of the art for P fertilizers used in Mediterranean agriculture in the last decades. An overall description is provided for the P fertilizer formulas, their physicochemical properties, as well as their suitability for drip fertigation systems and the consequent effects of their application on photosynthesis, plant growth, and crop productivity. The key factors influencing P fertilizer transformations and use efficiency under drip fertigation systems are extensively discussed in this review with a focus on the differences between orthophosphate and polyphosphate formulations.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844024015743PhosphorusDrip fertigationMineral fertilizerPhosphorus use efficiencyPhotosynthesisNutrient management |
| spellingShingle | Mohamed Chtouki Rachida Naciri Abdallah Oukarroum A review on phosphorus drip fertigation in the Mediterranean region: Fundamentals, current situation, challenges, and perspectives Heliyon Phosphorus Drip fertigation Mineral fertilizer Phosphorus use efficiency Photosynthesis Nutrient management |
| title | A review on phosphorus drip fertigation in the Mediterranean region: Fundamentals, current situation, challenges, and perspectives |
| title_full | A review on phosphorus drip fertigation in the Mediterranean region: Fundamentals, current situation, challenges, and perspectives |
| title_fullStr | A review on phosphorus drip fertigation in the Mediterranean region: Fundamentals, current situation, challenges, and perspectives |
| title_full_unstemmed | A review on phosphorus drip fertigation in the Mediterranean region: Fundamentals, current situation, challenges, and perspectives |
| title_short | A review on phosphorus drip fertigation in the Mediterranean region: Fundamentals, current situation, challenges, and perspectives |
| title_sort | review on phosphorus drip fertigation in the mediterranean region fundamentals current situation challenges and perspectives |
| topic | Phosphorus Drip fertigation Mineral fertilizer Phosphorus use efficiency Photosynthesis Nutrient management |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844024015743 |
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