Phosphorus is an important plant nutrient, but unfortunately when it is applied to the soil as fertilizer, it quickly combines with other components of soil forming various compounds that are unavailable to the plants....

Phosphorus (P) is the second major nutrient after nitrogen that limits plant growth. It is one of the least available and the least mobile nutrient for the plants in the soil. Use of chemical fertilizer has led to health and environmental hazard. Many soil microorganisms (viz....