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vol. 14, nr. 1 (2009)


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Changes of chemical properties of sandy soil under influence of blueberry irrigation
Zdzisław Koszański, Ewa Rumasz-Rudnicka , Róża Kowalewska
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Department of Plant Production and Irrigation, Institute of Agricultural Engineering West-Pomerania University of Technology ul. Słowackiego 17, 71-434 Szczecin

vol. 14 (2009), nr. 1, pp. 109-114
abstract: Field experiments were conducted in 2000-2006 at the Agricultural Experimental Station Lipki on a field with high blueberry bush cultivated on sandy soil. The aim of the study was to determine the effect of 7-years irrigation of blueberry plantation on chemical properties of soil. Every year, after irrigation and harvesting, pH, C-organic, N-total, N-NH4, N-NO3, and available P, K, Ca and Mg were determined in 0-20 cm soil layer. On irrigated plots the soil acidity and content of potassium and nitrate nitrogen decreased, but the content of phosphorus and ratio of C/N did not change. However, the content of calcium, magnesium, total and ammonium nitrogen and organic carbon increased.
keywords: highbush blueberry, drip irrigation, chemical composition of soil
original in: Polish