Spatial Variability of Soil Physicochemical Properties in Agricultural Fields Cultivated with Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) in Southeastern Mexico

• Published in: Sugar tech : an international journal of sugar crops & related industries 2020-02, Vol.22 (1), p.65-75
• Main Authors: Salgado-Velázquez, Sergio, Salgado-García, Sergio, Rincón-Ramírez, Joaquín Alberto, Rodrigues, Francelino Augusto, Palma-López, David Jesús, Córdova-Sánchez, Samuel, López-Castañeda, Antonio
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Acidic soils; Acidity; Agricultural land; Agricultural management; Agriculture; Agronomy; Aluminum; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Calcium; Cation exchange; Cation exchanging; Clay; Cultivars; Dependence; Drought; Fertilization; Geostatistics; Kriging interpolation; Life Sciences; Lime; Magnesium; Organic matter; Organic soils; pH effects; Physicochemical properties; Research Article; Sand; Soil analysis; Soil lime; Soil moisture; Soil organic matter; Soil properties; Soils; Statistical analysis; Sugarcane; Variability; Zinc
• ISSN: 0972-1525; 0974-0740; 0972-1525
• DOI: 10.1007/s12355-019-00742-9

The aim of the study was to evaluate the spatial variability of the physicochemical properties of an Acrisol soil cultivated with sugarcane to establish specific areas of agronomic management in an area of 100 ha located at Tabasco State, southeastern Mexico. A georeferenced regular grid of 100 m was located for sampling measurements in the field. With the laboratory results of the soil properties, descriptive statistics was carried out, where it was found that P-Olsen, K, Ca, Mg and Zn, presented high variability. In fact, percentage of aluminum saturation (PAS) and Ca presented a medium variability, and the pH, soil organic matter, cation exchange capacity (CEC), clay, lime and sand presented low variability. The geostatistical analysis identified soil properties with high spatial dependence (