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A geoinformation database for assessing soil resource potential for horticulture in Krasnodar region and Adygea has been developed. The results of geoinformation analysis indicate that only 55–60% of soils in these regions are suitable for growing horticultural crops without limitations; about 35–40% of the total soil area is unsuitable for horticultural purposes. For plum trees, the area of unsuitable soils is somewhat lower than for other horticultural crops. Geographically, the areas of soils suitable and unsuitable for horticulture are close to one another. The thickness of the loose earthy soil material, the gravel content, the degree of salinization, the soil texture, and the degree of soil hydromorphism are the major soil properties imposing considerable limitations for the development of fruit-growing industry in the studied regions. The highest portions of soils suitable for horticulture are found in Eiskii, Kushchevskii, Krylovskii, Shcherbinovskii, and Novokubanskii districts of Krasnodar region. The development of horticulture in Tuapsinskii, Slavyanskii, and Primorsko-Akhtarskii districts is limited because of the unsuitability of soils for this purpose. About 8% of the existing orchards are found on soils recognized as unsuitable for horticulture, and only about 20% of the existing orchards are found on soils suitable for fruit growing without limitations. About 70% of the existing fruit orchards are located on degraded soils or on soils with certain limitations for horticulture. The profitability of fruit orchards on such soils is lower than that of the orchards planted on soils without limitations for horticulture. This information is necessary for the adequate economic evaluation of the degree of soil degradation.
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Original Russian Text © I.Yu. Savin, I.A. Dragavtseva, N.Ya. Mironenko, N.N. Sergeeva, V.V. Domozhirova, A.S. Morenets, S.V. Ovechkin, 2016, published in Pochvovedenie, 2016, No. 4, pp. 520–527.
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Savin, I.Y., Dragavtseva, I.A., Mironenko, N.Y. et al. Geoinformation evaluation of soil resource potential for horticulture in Krasnodar region and the Republic of Adygea. Eurasian Soil Sc. 49, 481–487 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229316040104
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