THE IMPACT OF AGROCHEMICAL LOADING ON NUTRITIVE REGIME OF GRAY FOREST SOIL DURING FIELD CROP ROTATION.

This paper presents the results of studies on how mineral and organic fertilizers influence agrochemical indicators of gray forest coarse light loam soil. It was found that when applying the organo-mineral fertilizer systems (N₆₀P₆₀K₆₈ with 12 tons of manure per 1 ha of arable land) there was a tendency of increase of humus reserves to 35,1 t/ha per one treatment against the control of 28,1 t/ha. The application of 12 t/ha of manure in crop rotation under the organic fertilizer system contributed to the most intensive accumulation of humus reserves in the tilth top soil (0-20 cm) – 36,5 t/ha, with the soil solution acidity рH = 5,2. Over a five-year period, the average amount of hydrolyzable nitrogen in the experiment increased by 17-50%, mobile phosphorus compounds rose by 50-75 %, mobile potassium compounds increased by 27-50 % compared with the control of 44,1, 150 and 90,8 mg/kg of soil respectively. The highest level of fertility was provided by the application of N₆₀P₆₀K₆₈ with 12 tons of manure per 1 ha of crop rotation area, while the movement of nutrients took place within the root layer with no significant migration processes observed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]