Relationship Between Clay Minerals and Potassium Statuses of Sugar Beet Cultivated Area Soils of Kastamonu and Amasya Sugar Factories

Authors

Nuri MUNSUZ
Gökhan ÇAYCI
Mümtaz KİBAR
Nihat AKINCI
İlhami BAYRAMİN
Kamil EREL

DOI

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Abstract

In this study, clay minerals and their relationships with potassium statuses of sugar beet cultivated area soils of Kastamonu and Amasya Sugar Factories were investigated. Research was carried out on ninety seven surface soil samples taken from Kastamonu and Amasya regions. As a conclusion, illite clay mineral which is the main resource of reserve potassium in soils was found less dominant than that of levels of smectite and kaolinite, particularly a drastic illite degradation was observed in Amasya region soils.

First Page

515

Last Page

520

Recommended Citation

MUNSUZ, Nuri; ÇAYCI, Gökhan; KİBAR, Mümtaz; AKINCI, Nihat; BAYRAMİN, İlhami; and EREL, Kamil (1996) "Relationship Between Clay Minerals and Potassium Statuses of Sugar Beet Cultivated Area Soils of Kastamonu and Amasya Sugar Factories," Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry: Vol. 20: No. 6, Article 7. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/agriculture/vol20/iss6/7