A pot experiment was carried out with treatments consisting of applications of solution of 65 ppm phosphorus labelled with 32p, when the plants had 6, 9, 12 and 14 leaves. These plants were harvested respectively when they had 9, 12 and 14 leaves and 21 days after last application. The phosphorus contents were determined in the different parts of the plants, such as lamine, petiole, stem and inflorescences and the absorption of this element was followed through the determination of radioactive phosphorus in these samples. According to the data the following conclusions can be drawn: - the application of phosphorus fertilizer has increased the phosphorus content, aided plant development, and stimulated the primary inflorescence emissions; - 32p showed that in soils, with low phosphorus content, the application of the phosphorus fertilizer at the emission of the primary inflorescence will not affect its development, since the inflorescence is formed at the expense of phosphorus previously accumulated in the petiole and in the lamine; - phosphorus applied later will not increase the yield of primary racemes which represent at least 30% of the total yield of castor bean.