Physicochemical Factors Affecting Nitrogen Mineralization in Soil Cultivated Tropical Pastures
Physicochemical Factors Affecting Nitrogen Mineralization in Soil Cultivated Tropical Pastures
Gerardo J. Cuenca-Nevárez1,2* and Juan Carlos Menjivar-Flores2,3
Figure 1:
Textural diagram of soils cultivated with tropical pastures.
Figure 2:
Principal component analysis (PCA) for the 35 farms cultivated with tropical pastures in relation to the physical-chemical variables evaluated and the estimated mineralization of N.
Figure 3:
Hierarchical cluster analysis (AJC) for the 35 soils cultivated with tropical pastures in relation to the physical-chemical variables evaluated.
Figure 4:
Predictor maps of the present study, A: OM prediction map by the WB method (g kg-1), B: Prediction map of N mineralization by the ISNT method (mg kg-1), C: Prediction map of N mineralization by the DSD method (mg kg-1).
Figure 5:
Comparison between multiple regression lines between A: WB versus DSD method; B: WB method versus ISNT and C: DSD versus ISNT.
November 2023
Vol. 39, Sp. Iss. 2
