Nutrient Potential Mapping of Soils for Tea Plants Through Laboratory and Geostatistical Approaches

Sajal Roy, Sanjida Akter, Shuva Das, Md. Sayem Ahmmed Ripon, Tanvina Islam Ritu, Nasrin Chowdhury

Abstract

The assessment of nutrient potential is crucial for enhancing tea production and achieving sustainable agricultural goals. Thus, the present study was carried out to assess and map the soil nutrient potential for tea plants through laboratory and geostatistical methods. A total of 74 random soil samples with 3 replications were collected from 0 to 9 cm (topsoil) and 9 to 18 cm (subsoil) depths from Oodaleah Tea Garden (OTG) which belongs to Fatikchhari Upazila of Chattogram District in Bangladesh. All the laboratory analyses were done following standard procedures and maps of individual soil indices were prepared through the Inverse Distance Weighted (IDW) interpolation technique using ArcGIS 10.7 software. The integration of maps for nutrient potential was performed following the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). The mean concentrations of organic matter (OM), total nitrogen (TN), available phosphorus (AvP), available potassium (AvK), and available calcium (AvCa) were found higher at 0 to 9 cm compared to 9 to 18 cm soil depth with significant (p < 0.05) difference among the sampling sites. The maps of individual soil parameters revealed distinct spatial differences at 0 to 9 cm and 9 to 18 cm soil depths. The total study area covered 5.99 km2. Integrated nutrient potential mapping showed that moderately suitable (44.15%) accounted for the largest proportion, followed by highly suitable (26.03%), generally suitable (21.67%), marginally suitable (7.06%), and unsuitable area (1.08%) of the tea plantation suitability evaluation. The integrated map of nutrient potential will aid in better management of the tea soils.

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Bangladesh; IDW interpolation; physico-chemical indices; soil map; tea plantation

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