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Tree‐to‐Tree Nutrient Variability in Pecan Orchards
Author(s) -
Walworth James L.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
crops and soils
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2325-3606
pISSN - 0162-5098
DOI - 10.1002/crso.20008
Subject(s) - orchard , nutrient , fertigation , tree (set theory) , fruit tree , apple tree , nutrient management , agroforestry , agronomy , biology , environmental science , horticulture , mathematics , ecology , mathematical analysis
Tree‐to‐tree uniformity is desirable for nutrient management in orchards, particularly with the prevalence of nutrient application via fertigation, which makes it very difficult to tailor nutrient distribution for individual trees. The goals of this study were to measure the degree of variability of foliar nutrient concentrations exhibited by pecan trees in an Arizona orchard as well as to determine the importance of different sources of variation. Earn 0.5 CEUs in Nutrient Management by reading this article and taking the quiz at www.certifiedcropadviser.org/education/classroom/classes/757 .