Ta. Grinchenko et Ii. Filon, FERTILITY OF TYPICAL CHERNOZEMS OVER THE LEFT-BANK UKRAINIAN FOREST-STEPPE, Eurasian soil science, 31(2), 1998, pp. 205-208
An integral assessment of fertility evolution was carried out for typi
cal chernozems of different granulometric composition under continuous
fertilization and irrigation during long-term experiments over perman
ent field sites. A ''desirability'' function was applied for the asses
sment. A close and reliable correlation was obtained between the produ
ctivity of crops and the integral index of soil quality.