Abstract
This paper analyzed the compositional and structural changes of humic acid (HA) after combined with phosphate fertilizer (PHA), and investigated its effects on the growth of maize seedlings with four humic acid concentrations. The results showed that the atomic ratios of O/C and (O + N)/N of PHA were significantly lower than those of HA, which indicated that PHA had poor hydrophilicity compared with HA. The spectra of FTIR and NMR results suggested that the relative content of carboxyl group in PHA was higher than that in HA. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy technology showed that the relative amount of C–C in PHA was lower than that in HA, while C–H was the opposite. The above changes were attributed to the crack of HA structure during the preparation of humic acid enhanced phosphate fertilizer, which was verified by the results from the determination of gel permeation chromatography that there were more low molecular weight components in PHA than that in HA. However, compared with HA, PHA showed a worse effect in promoting growth and the uptake of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium by maize seedlings. This worse effect might be attributed to the poor hydrophilicity and unsuitable addition amount of PHA.
Highlights
This paper analyzed the compositional and structural changes of humic acid (HA) after combined with phosphate fertilizer (PHA), and investigated its effects on the growth of maize seedlings with four humic acid concentrations
Compared with HA, the ash contents of PHA significantly decreased by 30.88% (P < 0.05), while the nitrogen content significantly increased by 124.41% (P < 0.05)
The decrease of the ash content in PHA indicated the loss of inorganic components, which might be attributed to the removal of soluble metal ions during the PHA extraction process
Summary
This paper analyzed the compositional and structural changes of humic acid (HA) after combined with phosphate fertilizer (PHA), and investigated its effects on the growth of maize seedlings with four humic acid concentrations. Compared with HA, PHA showed a worse effect in promoting growth and the uptake of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium by maize seedlings This worse effect might be attributed to the poor hydrophilicity and unsuitable addition amount of PHA. Conventional phosphate fertilizers combined with trace amounts of plant-based biostimulants have become an emerging way to improve the efficiency of phosphate fertilizers, and the manufactured fertilizer is called value-added phosphate fertilizer[7,8]. It shows a distinct advantage based on its large output and low cost. Researchers have paid almost all attention to the effect of HAP on the availability and utilization of phosphorus fertilizers, and they have ignored the possibility that the combination with phosphate fertilizers might change the structure and function of humic acid
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