Maize soil requirement for land evaluation

Source: R/MAIZESoil.R

A dataset containing the soil characteristics of the crop requirements for farming Maize.

Format

A data frame with 15 rows and 8 columns

Details

The following are the factors for evaluation:

  • CFragm - Coarse fragment (Vol.%)

  • SoilDpt - Soil depth (cm)

  • CaCO3 - CaCO3 (%)

  • Gyps - Gypsum (%)

  • CECc - Apparent CEC Clay (cmol (+)/kg clay)

  • BS - Base Saturation (%)

  • SumBCs - Sum of basic caions (cmol (+)/kg soil)

  • pHH2O - pH H2O

  • OC6 - Organic carbon (%) - Kaolinitic materials

  • OC7 - Organic carbon (%) - Non Kaolinitic, Non calcareous materials

  • OC8 - Organic carbon (%) - Calcareous materials

  • ECedS - ECe (dS/m)

  • ESP - ESP (%)

  • OC - Organic carbon (%)

  • SoilTe - 12 classes of soil texture (Soil Taxonomy)

See also

  • Yen, B. T., Pheng, K. S., and Hoanh, C. T. (2006). LUSET: Land Use Suitability Evaluation Tool User's Guide. International Rice Research Institute.