Spatial Fertilizer Recommendation Mapping Based on Soil Test Crop Response Equations for Important Crops Using GIS and GPS.

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Gurunath Raddy ◽  
Lalitha B. S. ◽  
Jayadeva H. M.
Keyword(s):  
Soil Test ◽  
Crop Response ◽  
Fertilizer Recommendation

scholarly journals Development of soil test crop response based fertilizer prescriptions through integrated plant nutrition system for aggregatum onion (Allium cepa L.) under drip fertigation

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1094-1101
Author(s):  
M. Parvathi Sugumari ◽  
S. Maragatham ◽  
R. Santhi ◽  
R. Swarna Priya
Keyword(s):  
Soil Test ◽  
Soil Series ◽  
Crop Response ◽  
Fertilizer Recommendation ◽  
Allium Cepa L ◽  
Basic Parameters ◽  
Percent Contribution ◽  
Soil Fertility Status ◽  
Bulb Yield ◽  
Drip Fertigation

An insight into the balanced crop nutrition and efficient irrigation will be rewarding to attain profitable bulb yield of shallow-rooted and high nutrient requiring aggregatum onion. To develop fertilizer prescription equations(FPEs) for aggregatum onion under drip fertigation by encompassing the Soil Test Crop Response approach (STCR), a field experiment was conducted in Palaviduthi soil series with 15 treatments viz., Absolute control (T1), Blanket recommendation (60:60:30) + Farm Yard Manure (FYM) @ 12.5 t ha-1(T2), STCR based NPK fertilizer recommendation (STCR-NPK) for the targeted yield of 14 (T3),15 (T4),16 t ha-1 (T5), FYM @ 6.25 (T6), 12.5 t ha-1 (T7), STCR–NPK+FYM @ 12.5 t ha-1 for the targeted yield of 14 (T8),15 (T9),16 t ha-1 (T10), Biocompost @ 2.5 (T11), 5 t ha-1 (T12) and STCR–NPK+Biocompost @ 5 t ha-1 for the targeted yield of 14 (T13),15 (T14),16 t ha-1 (T15). The results revealed that T10 was more supercilious than others. The basic parameters were deliberated from the experimental data on total nutrient uptake, initial soil fertility status, applied fertilizer doses. The aggregatum onion (variety CO 4) required 0.43, 0.32, 0.45 Kg of N, P2O5, K2O to produce one quintal of bulb yield. The percent contribution of nutrients from soil and fertilizer was 14.01, 54.57 for N, 35.11,50.50 for P2O5 and 12.69, 70.12 for K2O, respectively. The contribution of N, P2O5, K2O from FYM and biocompost were 41.02, 16.23, 41.53 and 47.98, 15.87, 49.56 percent sequentially. Based on the above parameters, the fertilizer prescription equations were formulated for aggregatum onion under drip fertigation in Palaviduthi soil series.

scholarly journals Online Fertilizer Recommendation System (OFRS): A Step Towards Precision Agriculture And Optimized Fertilizer Usage By Smallholder Farmers In Bangladesh

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Hossain ◽  
M. N. A. Siddique
Keyword(s):  
Precision Agriculture ◽  
Recommendation System ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Fertilizer Application ◽  
Soil Test ◽  
Total Production ◽  
Soil Database ◽  
Fertilizer Recommendation ◽  
Fertilizer Recommendations ◽  
Input Cost

The recent progression and Green Revolution (approx. between the 1990s-2010s) in agriculture of Bangladesh resulted in an increase of total production despite yield-gap to ensure food security. But agriculture in Bangladesh is still backed-up by higher use of inputs (agrochemicals-fertilizers, pesticides; modern varieties, irrigation etc.) and inversion tillage. This conventional agrochemical-based smallholder agriculture may lead to soil and environmental degradation, soil acidification, and a decline in soil fertility. Therefore, it is significant to optimize input application in intensive agriculture, especially fertilizers. This paper introduces the potential online facilities of generating online fertilizer recommendations for smallholder farmers in Bangladesh to ensure proper usage of fertilizers and enable sustainable agricultural production. We also highlighted how the usage of fertilizers increased with an increase in total production over time. But the sustainability of production in the years to come still remain challenging. With the aim of sustainable crop production, reduction in the misuse of fertilizers and reduction of input cost by optimizing the present pattern of excessive fertilizer application, the Soil Resource Development Institute (SRDI) provides location-specific fertilizer recommendation through both the manual and soil test based interpretation of plant nutrients: soil database in Upzazila Nirdeshika and static laboratory soil analysis. Recently, SRDI developed web-based software named Online Fertilizer Recommendation System (OFRS). The system is capable of generating location-specific fertilizer recommendations for selected crops by analyzing the national soil database developed by this governmental institute. The software requires farmer field location, respective soil and land type, and crop type and variety information to generate crop-specific instant fertilizer recommendation. It was observed that by using fertilizer according to the recommended dose calculated on the basis of soil test values, farmers could harvest approx. 7-22% higher yield of different crops over usual farmers practice. If this system can be popularized and disseminated by effective agricultural extension, this would immensely contribute to the promotion of precision agriculture, input cost reduction and it would certainly enable us to optimize fertilizer application by the smallholder farmers in Bangladesh.

Soil test phosphorus crop response projections to variable rate application in winter wheat

1998 ◽  
Vol 29 (11-14) ◽  
pp. 1731-1738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael W. Goedeken ◽  
Gordon V. Johnson ◽  
William R. Raun ◽  
Steven B. Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Winter Wheat ◽  
Soil Test ◽  
Variable Rate ◽  
Crop Response ◽  
Variable Rate Application ◽  
Soil Test Phosphorus

Targeted yield based fertilizer prescriptions for autumn rice (Oryza sativa L.) in inceptisols of Assam, India

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabina Ahmed ◽  
A. Basumatary ◽  
K. N. Das ◽  
B. K. Medhi
Keyword(s):  
Oryza Sativa ◽  
Field Trial ◽  
Plant Nutrition ◽  
Economic Benefit ◽  
Soil Test ◽  
Response Ratio ◽  
Crop Response ◽  
Basic Parameters ◽  
Percent Contribution ◽  
Actual Yield

Soil Test Crop Response (STCR) study was conducted during 2010-11 for autumn rice under integrated plant nutrition system (IPNS) in Inceptisols (Aeric Endoaquepts) in Jorhat district of Assam. The basic parameters were computed from the STCR data, and the fertilizer prescription equations were developed for recommending fertilizer doses in autumn rice. The nutrient requirement (NR) for producing one quintal of autumn rice was found to be 2.40 kg, 0.84 kg and 2.25 kg of N, P<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub> and K<sub>2</sub>O, respectively. The percent contribution of nutrients from soil (CS), fertilizer (CF) and FYM (CO) were calculated as 12.49, 45.31 and 32.92 for N, 13.42, 28.52 and 11.84 for P<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub> and 21.99, 47.58 and 29.76 for K<sub>2</sub>O, respectively. These equations were validated in farmers’ fields during 2012 and the variation between actual yield and targeted yield ranged from +1.36 to +5.33.The fertilizer estimates under STCR-IPNS for 3000 and 4000 kg ha<sup>−1</sup> targeted yield recorded maximum response ratio and economic benefit in the field trial and confirmed the validity of proposed fertilizer prescription equations for autumn rice.

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