In different regions of the world, legacy soil P accumulated from 1965 to 2007 ranged from 160 kg P ha-1 in Africa to 1115 kg P ha-1 in western Europe; world average was 550 kg P ha-1 (Sattari et al., 2012).
Influence of legacy phosphorus, land use, and climate change on anthropogenic phosphorus inputs and riverine export dynamics
Plant breeding and genetic modification could be employed to improve P-use efficiency , whilst changes in farm management and more precise farming practices, along with inclusion of manure legume crops, could be used to enhance utilisation of sparingly available inorganic P and organic P in soil . Greater understanding of plant–soil microbiome interactions and soil fertility management (i.e. critical requirement of different systems) may also provide new opportunities for improvement . addition of phytase enzymes to grain-based animal feed is one example where a small adjustment to management has had a dramatic effect on increased organic P utilisation and reducing P in waste . In terms of our degraded aquatic ecosystems, P management for the improvement of water quality should be considered alongside resource recovery from legacy P stores. Recent developments in our understanding of microbial processing of ‘refractory’ P compounds ) and in our ability to short-circuit organic P pathways using geo-engineering represent two potential measures for achieving more flexible water resource management in this respect...based on PDF enclosed below...
Through the use of P solubilizing microorganisms ,and genetically modified cultivars this can used as a solution for legacy -P and as a substitute for P fertilizers.