Verifying critical values from DRIS norms in sweet cherry and hazelnut
Titel:
Verifying critical values from DRIS norms in sweet cherry and hazelnut
Auteur:
Righetti, Timothy L. Alkoshab, Othman Wilder, Kris
Verschenen in:
Communications in soil science and plant analysis
Paginering:
Jaargang 19 (1988) nr. 13 pagina's 1449-1466
Jaar:
1988-10
Inhoud:
Previously published DRIS norms for sweet cherry and hazelnut were used to calculate DRIS indices for N, K, P, Ca, Mg, Mn, Fe, Cu, B, and Zn on over a thousand leaf sample analyses for each crop. A nutritional imbalance index (NII) was obtained by adding the values of DRIS indices irrespective of sign. The sample with the lowest NII for each crop was assumed to have “ideal”; levels of elements and these “ideal”; levels were used to create an artificial data base to determine which critical values would be most consistent with DRIS evaluations. By maintaining all but one element concentration at “ideal”; levels and artificially varying another, the concentration of a given element that was associated with the onset of severe imbalances could be identified. In addition to providing ratio-based diagnoses, DRIS norms provide a means of independently evaluating current sufficiency ranges for elements that DRIS diagnoses as relatively deficient or excessive.