Some Soil Characteristics and the Fertility Status of Agricultural Soils in Bingöl Central District

• Main Authors: Kadriye ATEŞ, Veysel TURAN
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Siirt University 2015-09-01
• Series: Türkiye Tarımsal Araştırmalar Dergisi
• Subjects: Bingöl; plant nutrient; soil fertility
• Online Access: http://dergipark.gov.tr/tutad/issue/26714/280995

This study was conducted in 2014 of agricultural land in the central district of Bingöl province in order to determine the levels of some soil properties and productivity levels. Soils were taken from 0-20 cm depth by purpose full sampling method and location coordinates were taken from a total of 29 points set with Global Positioning System. While getting soil samples, the size of the land is taken into account factor such as topography. This soil samples; lime (%), pH, salt (%), water saturation (%), organic matter (%), available phosphorus (P2O5 kg da‾¹), available potassium (K2O (kg da‾¹) analyses were made. In general, the experimental soils have clay-loam texture, neutral or near neutral in reaction (pH), without salt, low and moderate level calcareous, low organic matter. The majority of analyzed soils were found to be deficient in terms of phosphorus and sufficient in terms of potassium.