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AGRICULTURE-BASEL
Volume 13, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/agriculture13112049
Keywords
fertilization rate; kriging; soil mapping; variogram
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The study aimed to construct a map of expected fertilization rates for nitrogen and phosphorus based on soil sample measurements and identify the spatial variabilities of salt-affected paddy fields in Korea. Soil samples from different sectors of four paddy field lots were collected and analyzed for various components. The expected fertilization rates were derived using a model and spatial correlation was determined using a spherical variogram.
The purpose of this study was to construct a map of expected fertilization rates for nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P2O5) based on measurements of components in soil samples and to identify the spatial variabilities of four lots of a salt-affected paddy field in Korea. Four salt-affected paddy field lots in Korea were divided into 30 sectors for collecting soil samples. They were then analyzed for soil organic matter (SOM), silicon dioxide (SiO2), total nitrogen (TN), and available phosphorus (Av.P2O5) in accordance with international standards. Expected fertilization rates of N and P2O5 were developed as prescription standards for the application of fertilizer to paddy fields. They were derived using a model of the fertilization rates of N and P2O5. To determine the presence of spatial correlation and continuity in the given fields, a spherical variogram was used. Based on the spherical model with the application of a regular kriging interpolation, maps of the contents of TN and Av.P2O5 as well as the expected fertilization rates of N and P2O5 at each sector of 1x1 m(2) were developed. The expected fertilization rate of N at each sector appeared in the range of min. 10.0 g to max. 25.7 g, while that of P2O5 appeared in the range of min. 0.68 g to max. 8.46 g.
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