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Optimising Potato ( Solanum tuberosum L.) Cultivation by Selection of Proper Soils

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  • Štefan Koco

    (National Agriculture and Food Centre—Soil Science and Conservation Research Institute, 08001 Prešov, Slovakia
    Department of Geography and Applied Geoinformatics, Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences, University of Prešov, 08001 Prešov, Slovakia)

  • Jozef Vilček

    (National Agriculture and Food Centre—Soil Science and Conservation Research Institute, 08001 Prešov, Slovakia
    Department of Geography and Applied Geoinformatics, Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences, University of Prešov, 08001 Prešov, Slovakia)

  • Stanislav Torma

    (National Agriculture and Food Centre—Soil Science and Conservation Research Institute, 08001 Prešov, Slovakia)

  • Eva Michaeli

    (Department of Geography and Applied Geoinformatics, Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences, University of Prešov, 08001 Prešov, Slovakia)

  • Vladimír Solár

    (Department of Geography and Applied Geoinformatics, Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences, University of Prešov, 08001 Prešov, Slovakia)

Abstract

This paper presents an attempt to differentiate the Slovak rural landscape with respect to the possibility of effective potato cultivation and to characterise soil parameters of current potato cultivation areas with the aim to increase the sustainability of the potato production. The selection was based on soil climatic, production and economic parameters. By using the GIS tools and existing databases on soil characteristics in Slovakia, maps of soil suitability categories for potato cultivation were generated. In Slovakia, it was found that 12.3% of farmland is very suitable for potato cultivation and that as much as 43.1% is not suitable. Later, the specified categories were characterised in detail and specified with respect to geographic, soil, climatic, production and economic parameters. Currently, most potato crops are cultivated on Cambisols (27%), Chernozems (20%) and Fluvisols (18%). Loamy soils (content of particles <0.01 mm is 30–45%), soils without gravel (gravel content in the depth 0.0–0.6 m is <10%), deep soils (>0.6 m) and soil situated on plains (slope 0°–3°) are dominant in these regions. We suggest that potato cultivation should be concentrated on the most suitable areas, thereby increasing the economic profitability, improving the ecological stability of the country and supporting the sustainability of the agriculture.

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  • Štefan Koco & Jozef Vilček & Stanislav Torma & Eva Michaeli & Vladimír Solár, 2020. "Optimising Potato ( Solanum tuberosum L.) Cultivation by Selection of Proper Soils," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 10(5), pages 1-10, May.
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    1. Jozef Vilček & Štefan Koco, 2018. "Integrated index of agricultural soil quality in Slovakia," Journal of Maps, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 14(2), pages 68-76, November.
    2. Anna Szeląg-Sikora & Jakub Sikora & Marcin Niemiec & Zofia Gródek-Szostak & Joanna Kapusta-Duch & Maciej Kuboń & Monika Komorowska & Joanna Karcz, 2019. "Impact of Integrated and Conventional Plant Production on Selected Soil Parameters in Carrot Production," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(20), pages 1-13, October.
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    1. Jiří Záruba & Pavel Formánek & David Kincl & Jan Vopravil & Helena Kusá & Pavel Růžek & David Kabelka & Pavel Kasal, 2023. "Different technologies of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) cultivation and their effects on water runoff and soil erosion," Plant, Soil and Environment, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 69(5), pages 238-246.
    2. Jozef Vilček & Matúš Maxin & Monika Lörincová & Miroslav Kudla, . "Pedo-climatic predictions and reality of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) growing in Slovakia," Plant, Soil and Environment, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 0.

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