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- Title
Użytkowanie rolnicze gleb rdzawych w Polsce.
- Authors
Smreczak, Bożena; Jadczyszyn, Jan; Niedźwiecki, Jacek
- Abstract
The aim of the study is the assessment of the rusty soils area occurrence on agricultural land and analysis of the suitability of these soils for agricultural production as regards to their properties. In our publication, rusty soils were defined according to conventional rules as developed on sands, silty sands, slightly loamy sands, and silty slightly loamy sands fall in the soil profile to a depth of 100 cm. The results of the spatial analysis based on the information from the soil-agricultural map on a scale of 1: 25,000 indicated that rusty soils occupy an area of 13.06% as compared to the total agricultural land. Assessment of the agrochemical state of the humus horizons of rusty soils (n = 1331) showed that 50% of them are very acidic and acidic (pHKCl≤5.5), and more than a half indicate low and medium content of soil organic matter (SOM≤20 g kg-1). Rusty soils located on arable land are mainly included in V, VI, and VIz of soil quality classes and 6, 7, and 9 soil suitability complex, while used as permanent meadows and pastures they are mainly classified in V and VI soil quality class and 3z soil suitability complex. Due to the properties of rusty soils, farmers consider them as weak and very weak for agricultural use, susceptible to acidification and soil drought. However, rational usage of rusty soils for non-agricultural purposes is an alternative to maintaining better quality soils in agricultural use.
- Subjects
ARABLE land; SOIL acidification; SOIL horizons; SOIL quality; FARMS; GRASSLAND soils; SOIL profiles
- Publication
Soil Science Annual, 2021, Vol 72, Issue 4, p1
- ISSN
2300-4967
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.37501/soilsa/145586