In:
Harran Tarım ve Gıda Bilimleri Dergisi, Harran Tarim ve Gida Dergisi, Vol. 26, No. 4 ( 2022-12-26), p. 470-479
Abstract:
Good agricultural practices are adapted to eliminate negative effects of conventional agriculture on environment and human health. The comparision of both methods is important to to determine the extent of the preference. For this purpose, soil samples from two different depths (0-30 and 30-60 cm) were collected from 80 different citrus (orange, lemon and mandarin) orchards where good agricultural practices (GAP) and conventional agricultural practices (CAP) are applied in the Karataş district of Adana that is an important citrus production area of Turkey. Some physical and chemical properties of soil samples were determined to compare mineral nutritions. Soil pH value of GAP and CAP citrus orchards in was higher than 7.0, and organic matter content was lower than 1 %. Lime content was high and soils were mostly moderate or heavy textures. Electrical conductivity of soils was between 0.14 and 1.73 dS m-1 which indicated no salinity problem that would adversely affect plant growth. Potassium (K) concentration in GAP orchards, varied between 48 and 432 mg kg-1 and between 23 and 490 mg kg-1 in CAP orchards. Phosphorus (P) concentration was between 0.4 and 32.7 mg kg-1 in GAP orchards and 0.5-40.3 mg kg-1 in CAP orchards. Calcium (Ca) concentration varied between 924 and 2494 mg kg-1 in GAP orchards, and between 1042-2534 mg kg-1 in CAP orchards. Magnesium (Mg) concentration ranged between 217 and 2467 mg kg-1 GAP orchard, and varied between 164 and 3807 mg kg-1 in CAP orchards Calcium and Mg concentrations were sufficient in both GAP and CAP orchards. Iron (Fe), copper (Cu), and manganese (Mn) concentrations were sufficient compared to the critical concentration values for citrus orchards, whereas zinc (Zn) concentration was low. As a result, it has been seen that the citrus orchard soils under the traditional and good agricultural practices, which were compared, had close values for both the level of plant nutrients and some basic soil properties (pH, organic matter, salinity, lime, texture).
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2587-1358
DOI:
10.29050/harranziraat.1139525
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
Harran Tarim ve Gida Dergisi
Publication Date:
2022
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