WINTER WHEAT GROWING POTENTIAL IN SLOVAK RURAL LANDSCAPE (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L)

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WINTER WHEAT GROWING POTENTIAL IN SLOVAK RURAL LANDSCAPE (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L)

Journal Title: FOLIA GEOGRAPHICA - Year 2009, Vol 49, Issue 1

Abstract

Folia geographica 14 Prešov 2009 271 wINTER wHEAT GROwING POTENTIAL IN SLOVAK RURAL LANDSCAPE (Triticum aestivum L.) Jozef VILČEK 1 Abstract: By computing techniques development, particularly by application of Geographic Information Systems was today enabled that based on existing soil databases as well as innovated databases on soil characteristics it is possible to quantify and mark off categories of soil suitability important for crop growing. The aim of this paper was to show just such methods on winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) example. The work objective is to differentiate rural landscape of Slovakia with aspect to the possibility of effective winter wheat growing. The differentiation is based on pedo-climatic and production economic parameters. At soil categorization correlation relationships between the site properties (soil and climatic conditions) and these crop biological and agrotechnical requirement has been considered. Wheat requirement was elaborated in yield databases using the software filters so the given site property either excluded wheat growing or limited it; this was reflected in predicted production height. The prediction was subsequently interpolated into four suitability categories: soils not suitable for wheat growing, less suitable soils, suitable soils, and very suitable soils. The database was formed subsequently and each of the Bonity Pedo-Ecological Unit (BPEU) was added in it as well as particular category of suitability for wheat growing. By mediation of the Geographic Information System on BPEU distribution in Slovakia the Map of Soil Suitability Categories Distribution for wheat growing was also generated. There is 29% of farmland very suitable for wheat growing, 25% suitable, 9% less suitable and 37% non suitable soils for wheat growing by our calculation in Slovakia. From potentially arable soils, proportion of the regions according to suitability of winter wheat growing is 42% very suitable, 37% suitable, 14% less suitable and 7% non suitable. These categories are in the paper characterized in details and specified from the view of geographic, soil, climatic, production, economic and energetic parameters, respectively.

Authors and Affiliations

Jozef VILČEK

Keywords

winter wheat; winter wheat growing soil suitability agricultural landscape categorization

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