Combined doses of nitrogen and phosphorus in conilon coffee plants: changes in absorption, translocation and use in plant compartments

UENF P01, UENF P02 and UENF P03: popcorn hybrids with high phosphorus use efficiency

“…Phosphorus is one of the most relevant primary macronutrients for nearly all crop species, due to the functions of this nutrient in vital plant mechanisms (Zeng et al 2022). To meet the growing demand for P fertilizers, phosphate rock mining increased fivefold between the 1960s and 2011 (Scholz et al 2013), and the global production of P fertilizers increased at an annual rate of 4% (Barros et al 2022). The reserves of this non-renewable natural resource are likely to be exhausted within the next 50 years (March et al 2016).…”

“…Plant performance must therefore be optimized to increase P use efficiency and responsiveness to P application (Gerhardt et al 2019). This will be relevant for the sustainability of production systems, especially on soils in tropical regions, where fertility is low and acidity and P adsorption capacity are high (Barros et al 2022).…”

Additive and Non-Additive Effects on the Control of Key Agronomic Traits in Popcorn Lines under Contrasting Phosphorus Conditions

“…Accordingly, promoting phosphorus use efficiency in crop plants is key to sustainable agricultural development; this is especially important in tropical and subtropical regions, where there is greater loss of the nutrient due to high temperatures and heavy rainfall, together with the fixation of the nutrient by iron and aluminum oxides in the soil, resulting in the loss of about 70-80% of the nutrient applied to crops [6][7][8].…”