SOIL Studies

SOIL Studies

2018, Vol 7, Num, 2     (Pages: 028-037)

Determination of Spatial Distribution of Some Macro Nutrient contents of Soils Under Different Agricultural Uses

Emine ARSLAN 1 ,Gökhan ÇAYCI 2 ,Orhan DENGİZ 3 ,Mahmut YÜKSEL 2 ,Nuray ÇİÇEK ATİKMEN 4

1 Alata Bahçe Kültürleri Araştırma Enstitüsü Müdürlüğü, Mersin
2 Ankara Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi, Toprak Bilimi ve Bitki Besleme Bölümü, Ankara
3 Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi, Toprak Bilimi ve Bitki Besleme Bölümü, Samsun
4 Çankırı Karatekin Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi, Peyzaj Mimarlığı Bölümü, Bitki Materyali ve Yetiştiriciliği Anabilim Dalı, Çankırı

DOI: 10.21657/topraksu.460723
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This research was carried out in Şeyh Hasan village of Baskil district of Elazığ province covering about 400 ha. It was aimed to determine spatial distribution for total nitrogen (N), available phosphorus (Kav) and available potassium (Pav) elements of soils under different agricultural uses. For this aim, total 174 soil samples were collected from surface depth (0-15 cm) in the study area. In order to determine spatial distribution of samples, five different interpolation models were applied and the most suitable model was detected. Thus, spatial distribution maps of total N, Pav and Kav were generated using the most model for each. According to obtained distribution maps, N and Kav concentrations were sufficient by taking into consideration of FAO classes, whereas only small part of the study area was insufficient as to P av concentration.


Keywords : total nitrogen, available phosphorus, available potassium, int erpolation