Change in the Status of Secondary Macronutrient Levels in Soil with the Long-term Application of Chemical Fertilizers in Allium ascalonicum L. Plots in  Lablare District, Uttaradit Province

Chattanong Podong; Saisunee Junta

doi:10.14456/nujst.2020.19

Authors

Chattanong Podong Department of Environmental Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Uttaradit Rajabhat University, Muang, Uttaradit 53000, Thailand
Saisunee Junta Department of Environmental Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Uttaradit Rajabhat University, Muang, Uttaradit 53000, Thailand

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14456/nujst.2020.19

Keywords:

Chemical fertilizer, Long-term, Allium ascalonicum L., Secondary macronutrients, Uttaradit Province

Abstract

The long-term use of chemical fertilizers has impacted the levels of secondary macronutrients in agricultural soils in which scallion (Allium ascalonicum L.) crop is grown in Fai Luang sub-district, Lablare District, Uttaradit Province. Accordingly, the objective of this study was to investigate the effects of chemical fertilizer and insecticide use on the content of secondary macronutrients – including calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), and sulfur (S) – in the soils from regional scallion plots. The investigation was conducted in 5 villages within the sub-district: Moo 1. Baan Chaing-Saen (Control), Moo 2. Baan Nam-Tum (T1, 50% NPK), Moo 5. Ban Thung-Eang (T2, 100% NPK), Moo 6 Ban Na-Pong (T3, 100% FYK), and Moo 9 Ban Wat Pa (T4, 50 % NPK + 50%FYM). For each of the villages, soil samples from 3 scallion plots were tested for the levels of secondary macronutrients. The total average for each secondary macronutrient levels represented the results. The results are concluded as follows: for the status of change for exchangeable Ca⁺ average level, it was found that the exchangeable Ca⁺ average level decreased after every post-harvest period, with the highest control treatment of 45.10% followed by T2 (15.21%), T1 (12.72%), T4 (3.15%) and T3 (2.25%); for the status of change for exchangeable Mg+ average level, it was found that the exchangeable Mg+ average level decreased after every post-harvest period, with the highest control treatment of 19.37%, followed by T2 (13.29%), T1 (7.41%) and T3 (0.38%), but T3 treatment not change status; and for the status of change for exchangeable S average level, it was found that the exchangeable S average level decreased after every post-harvest period, with the highest T3 treatment of 166.67%, followed by T4 (112.50%), T1 (16.67%), but S average level increased in T2 (53.33%) and control (14.29%).

Keywords: Chemical fertilizer, Long-term, Allium ascalonicum L., Secondary macronutrients, Uttaradit Province

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