Volume 15, Issue 3 (Journal of Soil and Plant Interactions 2024)
2024, 15(3): 25-26 |
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Ardakan University
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The trend of population increase has caused the need for more food sources, which can be obtained with the development of agriculture. One of the conventional methods to evaluate soil fertility is to examine the spatial changes of nutrient elements. The purpose of this research was the parameters related to soil fertility for saffron (Crocus sativus L.) cultivation in different areas of Bahabad city. For this purpose, soil samples are prepared from the depth of 0 to 30 cm by composite sampling method, and the characteristics was measured such as electrical conductivity (EC), pH, organic carbon, available potassium (K) and phosphorus (P), iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), manganese (Mn) and copper (Cu) extractable with DTPA extractant. Then, data processing was done in the form of normalization. The results showed only one of the 29 studied farms had high fertility and the rest of the farms were in the low or medium fertility category. The results show that to increase the yield of this product in the study area, more attention should be paid to soil nutrition. Also, according to the research results, there is a positive and significant correlation between saffron performance and absorbable phosphorus, absorbable potassium, soil organic carbon percentage, iron and manganese extractable with DTPA extractant, respectively. The results show that in order to increase the yield of this product in the study area and areas with similar conditions, more attention should be paid to soil nutrition. Another finding of this research is the non-uniformity of agricultural management in the region and taking measures based on personal experience of people without considering the principles and standards of planting, maintaining and harvesting this product.
Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
Soil health association with soil-plant interactions
Received: 2024/07/10 | Accepted: 2024/10/17 | Published: 2024/08/31
Received: 2024/07/10 | Accepted: 2024/10/17 | Published: 2024/08/31
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