The increasing demand for food production throughout the world has been exerting growing pressure on mineral nutrient cycling in agricultural ecosystems. Lack of available phosphorus(P), for plant growth is a widespread limitation to agricultural production. It has been reported that only 8% of 500 soil samples, collected from 42 countries were classified as not deficient in phosphorus. The management of phosphorus nutrition in soil is one of the important agricultural practices. However, excessive applicat...