African Journal of
Agricultural Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Agric. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1991-637X
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJAR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 6785

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Spatial distribution of soil chemicals attributes in sugar cane crop area

Anderson Antonio da Silva Gualberto
  • Anderson Antonio da Silva Gualberto
  • Department of Agronomy (DAG), State University of Maringá (UEM), Av. Colombo 5790, Code 87020-900, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.
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Marcos Rafael Nanni
  • Marcos Rafael Nanni
  • State University of Maringá (UEM), Av. Colombo 5790, 87020-900, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.
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Carlos Antonio da Silva Junior
  • Carlos Antonio da Silva Junior
  • Geotechnology Applied in Agriculture and Forest (GAAF), State University of Mato Grosso (UNEMAT), Av. Perimetral Deputado Rogério Silva - Norte 2, Alta Floresta, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
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Everson Cezar
  • Everson Cezar
  • Department of Agronomy (DAG), State University of Maringá (UEM), Av. Colombo 5790, Code 87020-900, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.
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Luis Guilherme Teixeira Crusiol
  • Luis Guilherme Teixeira Crusiol
  • Department of Agronomy (DAG), State University of Maringá (UEM), Av. Colombo 5790, Code 87020-900, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.
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Guilherme Fernando Capristo Silva
  • Guilherme Fernando Capristo Silva
  • Department of Agronomy (DAG), State University of Maringá (UEM), Av. Colombo 5790, Code 87020-900, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.
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Aline de Carvalho Gasparotto
  • Aline de Carvalho Gasparotto
  • Department of Agronomy (DAG), State University of Maringá (UEM), Av. Colombo 5790, Code 87020-900, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.
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  •  Received: 14 October 2016
  •  Accepted: 21 November 2016
  •  Published: 01 December 2016

Abstract

The aim of this paper was to quantify and evaluate the spatial distribution of soil chemical properties in different grid sampling sizes using descriptive statistics and geostatistics. The study was carried out in Bom Sucesso City, Paraná State, Brazil. Using GPS, a 50 x 50 m grid sampling size was set, comprising four samples per hectare. In each grid point positioned on the field, soil samples at a depth of 00 to 0.20m were extracted, resulting in 203 sampling points in a 51.15 ha area. Calcium, magnesium and potassium quantity were determined. Grid sampling size, with lower number of samples per area, were established from the first grid, removing randomly, soil samples, resulting in: 70.8 x 70.8 m (2 samples/ha), 100 x 100 m (1 sample/ha), 141 4 x 141.4 m (1 sample/2 ha), 173.3 x 173.3 m (1 sample/3 ha) and 200 x 200 m (1 sample/4 ha) grid sampling sizes. Each soil chemical properties in each grid sampling size were subjected to descriptive statistical and geostatistical analysis. An experimental semivariogram was developed to understand the spatial dependence structure. The attributes calcium, magnesium and potassium showed spatial correlation in almost all grids sampling, except for the 200 m grid sampling for calcium and magnesium.

 

Key words: Spatial distribution of attributes, spatial dependence, descriptive statistics, geostatistics.

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