title: Phosphorus fertilization for rice and control of environmental pollution problems.
abstract: Aim of this study to review information on various aspects of P fertilization in rice i.e., P nutrition of rice, P response of rice plant, P availability in rice soils and P adsorption in rice soils for better understanding of P fertilization in rice culture. A substantial portion of the applied P along with the soil P is lost from rice fields to water bodies causing environmental pollution problems through eutrophication. These pollution problems can be minimized by using proper source of P as fertilizer, proper timing and methods of P fertilizer application, soil P management, transport management, use of plant growth promoting microorganisms which helps in efficient use of P by crops and use of green manure crops which improves soil fertility as well as helps in efficient use of P by crops.
authors.affiliation: SUNFix Centre for Nitrogen Fixation, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Ross Street Building A03, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
authors.forename: A T M A
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Choudhury
authors.forename: I R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Kecskés
mesh_terms: D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D005308:Fertilizers; D012275:Oryza / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D005308:Fertilizers; D010758:Phosphorus