Terrain forms and spatial variability of soil properties in an area cultivatedwith citrus

Engenharia Agrícola

Marisol G. A. De Leão²  José Marques Júnior²  Zigomar M. De Souza¹  Diego S. Siqueira²  Gener T. Pereira² 

[1] ,Universidade Estadual Paulista Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias Departamento de Solos e AdubosJaboticabal SP

关键词: geostatistics;    management zone;    oxisol;    orange;    geoestatística;    zona de manejo;    paisagem;    latossolo;    laranja;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0100-69162011000400003

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The technique of precision agriculture and soil-landscape allows delimiting areas for localized management, allowing a localized application of agricultural inputs and thereby may contribute to preservation of natural resources. Therefore, the objective of this work was to characterize the spatial variability of chemical properties and clay content in the context of soil-landscape relationship in a Latosol (Oxisol) under cultivation of citrus. Soil samples were collected at a depth of 0.0-0.2 m in an area of 83.5 ha planted with citrus, as a 50-m intervals grid, with 129 points in concave terrain and 206 points in flat terrain, totaling 335 points. Values for the variables that express the chemical characteristics and clay content of soil properties were analyzed with descriptive statistics and geostatistical modeling of semivariograms for making maps of kriging. The values of range and kriging maps indicated higher variability in the shape of concave topography (top segment) compared with the shape of flat topography (slope and hillside segments below). The identification of different forms of terrain proved to be efficient in understanding the spatial variability of chemical properties and clay content of soil under cultivation of citrus.

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