Soil & Water Res., 2023, 18(3):192-203 | DOI: 10.17221/22/2023-SWR

Modelling of alluvial soil quality and production in permanent banana Harton plantationsOriginal Paper

Nelino Florida Rofner ORCID...1*, Cesar Augusto Gozme Sulca ORCID...2, Alex Rengifo Rojas ORCID...3
1 Department of Soil and Water Conservation Sciences, Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources, National Agrarian University of the Jungle, Huanuco, Peru
2 Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources, National Agrarian University of the Jungle, Huanuco, Peru
3 Department of Economic Sciences, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, National Agrarian University of the Jungle, Huanuco, Peru

Plantain is the most important crop for the Peruvian Amazonian population, developed in recent alluvial soils rich in nutrients, but fragile and susceptible to degradation. Therefore, the impact of permanent cultivation was evaluated, through modelling, on indicators of recent alluvial soil quality and production in plantations of Musa paradisiaca L. var. Harton, in the Aguaytia River valley, Peru. The treatments were areas with permanent plantain plantations of 2 (T0), 15 (T1), 4 (T2), and 5 (T3) years of management, evaluating soil physicochemical indicators and plantain production indicators. The results show significant differences for all yield and soil indicators evaluated, except for bulk density (Bd), clay fraction, soil organic matter (OM) and N. The modelling determined a significant positive impact on Bd and a significant negative impact on pH, P, pseudostem diameter and height, commercial fingers and bunch weight. In conclusion, the modelling shows trends of quality and yield reduction in 15 years of permanent management of plantain Var. Harton, and compromises the sustainability of the agroecosystem in the medium term.

Keywords: Entisols; modelling; Musa paradisiaca; permanent crop; recent alluvial soils

Received: March 11, 2023; Revised: July 14, 2023; Accepted: July 26, 2023; Prepublished online: August 22, 2023; Published: August 31, 2023  Show citation

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Rofner NF, Sulca CAG, Rojas AR. Modelling of alluvial soil quality and production in permanent banana Harton plantations. Soil & Water Res. 2023;18(3):192-203. doi: 10.17221/22/2023-SWR.
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