The Fertility of Light Chestnut Soils on Different Elements
of Watershed Topography

L. A. Babayan and V. M. Protopopov

Lower Volga Research Institute of Agriculture, Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, pos. Novozhiznenskii,
Volgogradskaya oblast, 404013 Russia

Received April 4, 1996

Abstract—Comparative analysis of the main agrochemical characteristics of the root-inhabited layer in light
chestnut soil and of the productivity of cultivated crops with respect to the elements of relief of a catchment
area is given. It is pointed out that differentiated agricultural technology with an appropriate assortment of crops
with respect to different soil fertility on slopes must be developed and applied.

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