STATISTICAL EVALUATION OF SOIL PROPERTIES WHICH INFLUENCE SAFFRON GROWTH IN KASHMIR

Citation
Na. Nazir et al., STATISTICAL EVALUATION OF SOIL PROPERTIES WHICH INFLUENCE SAFFRON GROWTH IN KASHMIR, Eurasian soil science, 28(4), 1996, pp. 120-138
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture Soil Science
Journal title
ISSN journal
10642293
Volume
28
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
120 - 138
Database
ISI
SICI code
1064-2293(1996)28:4<120:SEOSPW>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Against the background of the great similarity of the general properti es and mineralogical composition of Serozems and Gray-Cinnamon Brown s oils of Kashmir, soils which are favorable for growing saffron are dis tinguished by the least weathered material with high totals and simila r reserves of potassium and magnesium. Such soils are identified by a linear discriminant function which includes four properties of only th e upper horizons (0-20 cm): pH, dithionite-soluble iron, sodium, and p otassium in Maslova extract.