Sugarcane yield and quality using soil magnetic susceptibility



Document title: Sugarcane yield and quality using soil magnetic susceptibility
Journal: Scientia Agricola
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000455454
ISSN: 0103-9016
Authors: 1
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Institutions: 1Usina Sao Martinho, Pradopolis, Sao Paulo. Brasil
2Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho", Faculdade de Ciencias Agrarias e Veterinarias, Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo. Brasil
Year:
Volumen: 79
Number: 4
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, prospectivo
English abstract The concept of production environments, which is widely used to classify the yield potential of soils, and magnetic susceptibility (MS), is emerging as an important tool for mapping ultra-detailed areas. Given this background, this paper aims to evaluate the use of MS as a tool for the identification of areas with different potential the enhancing of sugarcane yield and quality, and the allocation of varieties. An area of 445 ha was sampled at 1 point every 7 ha, and 14 points were determined for stratified sampling following the top of the landscape. Particle size and MS of samples at depths of 0.0-0.2 and 0.2-0.4 m were analyzed. The data on yield and quality of raw material were obtained from a nine crop season database and biometry performed in the 2018/19 crop season. The multivariate analysis of historical results showed the formation of three groups with different yield and quality potential, with a difference of up to 17.28 mg of cane per hectare between the group with the highest and lowest potential, based on soil MS. An analysis of the performance of the varieties involved showed that MS is effective in identifying areas with different potential for sugarcane yield and quality, differentiating by up to 34.5 % the performance of the same variety in different MS classes and by up to 38.5 % the performance of different varieties in similar MS classes. Thus, MS is an effective tool for identifying areas with different potential for sugarcane yield and quality, and can be used for allocating varieties in the field
Disciplines: Agrociencias,
Geociencias
Keyword: Suelos,
Geofísica,
Caña de azúcar,
Saccharum officinarum,
Híbridos,
Edafología,
Agricultura de precisión
Keyword: Soils,
Geophysics,
Sugar cane,
Hybrids,
Saccharum officinarum,
Hybrids,
Edaphology,
Precision agriculture
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