Suitability of soil and landscape for rapeseed (Brassica napus subsp. napus L.) growing
Abstract The analysis of the suitability of soils for rapeseed (Brassica napus, subsp. napus L.) cultivation in Slovakia showed that there are enough soils suitable for its effective cultivation. Of the total area of agricultural land in Slovakia, 23% is potentially very suitable, 31% is suitable, 1...
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| description | Abstract The analysis of the suitability of soils for rapeseed (Brassica napus, subsp. napus L.) cultivation in Slovakia showed that there are enough soils suitable for its effective cultivation. Of the total area of agricultural land in Slovakia, 23% is potentially very suitable, 31% is suitable, 14% is less suitable, and 32% is unsuitable soils for rapeseed growing. Spatial analysis of rapeseed areas declared by farmers in the GeoSpatial Aid Application database system showed that 30% of the areas are in land plots with an area of less than 5 ha and 25% of the areas are located in plots with an area between 10 and 25 ha. Rapeseed as subsequent crop was grown after wheat in 68% of cases and after barley in 27% of cases. Rapeseed as fore crop was used for wheat in 71% of cases, for barley in 14% and for maize in 9%. In the period since 2018 to 2023, in fact, rapeseed was actually grown on very suitable (50.1%) and suitable (39.0%) soils for its cultivation. The analysis of the pedological parameters of the soils executed by geographic information systems showed the trend of its dominant cultivation on high-quality soils such as Chernozem (20.5%), Haplic Luvisols (19.4%), Eutric Luvisol (17.8%) and Mollic Fluvisol (10.1%). Rapeseed is no longer grown on slopes above 7 degrees. Areas on a plane up to one degree (43.4%), an undulating plane from 1 to 3 degree (27.7%) and a gentle slope from 3 to 7 degree (25.6%) dominate. Of the grain size categories, loamy soils are the most represented (69.4%), followed by clay-loamy soils (17.9%), and sandy-loamy soils (5.7%). Concerning soil deep and gravely content, deep soils without a gravely (85.7%) absolutely dominate. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-bbcac6f9b6594f4bb4f5c5217eb770562025-08-20T03:42:48ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222025-08-0115111210.1038/s41598-025-15958-xSuitability of soil and landscape for rapeseed (Brassica napus subsp. napus L.) growingJozef Vilček0Stanislav Torma1Štefan Koco2Ján Halas3Department of Geography and Applied Geoinformatics, University of PrešovNational Agricultural and Food Centre, Soil Science and Conservation Research InstituteDepartment of Geography and Applied Geoinformatics, University of PrešovNational Agricultural and Food Centre, Soil Science and Conservation Research InstituteAbstract The analysis of the suitability of soils for rapeseed (Brassica napus, subsp. napus L.) cultivation in Slovakia showed that there are enough soils suitable for its effective cultivation. Of the total area of agricultural land in Slovakia, 23% is potentially very suitable, 31% is suitable, 14% is less suitable, and 32% is unsuitable soils for rapeseed growing. Spatial analysis of rapeseed areas declared by farmers in the GeoSpatial Aid Application database system showed that 30% of the areas are in land plots with an area of less than 5 ha and 25% of the areas are located in plots with an area between 10 and 25 ha. Rapeseed as subsequent crop was grown after wheat in 68% of cases and after barley in 27% of cases. Rapeseed as fore crop was used for wheat in 71% of cases, for barley in 14% and for maize in 9%. In the period since 2018 to 2023, in fact, rapeseed was actually grown on very suitable (50.1%) and suitable (39.0%) soils for its cultivation. The analysis of the pedological parameters of the soils executed by geographic information systems showed the trend of its dominant cultivation on high-quality soils such as Chernozem (20.5%), Haplic Luvisols (19.4%), Eutric Luvisol (17.8%) and Mollic Fluvisol (10.1%). Rapeseed is no longer grown on slopes above 7 degrees. Areas on a plane up to one degree (43.4%), an undulating plane from 1 to 3 degree (27.7%) and a gentle slope from 3 to 7 degree (25.6%) dominate. Of the grain size categories, loamy soils are the most represented (69.4%), followed by clay-loamy soils (17.9%), and sandy-loamy soils (5.7%). Concerning soil deep and gravely content, deep soils without a gravely (85.7%) absolutely dominate.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-15958-xSoil suitabilitySoil useSoil parametersGISSoil categorization |
| spellingShingle | Jozef Vilček Stanislav Torma Štefan Koco Ján Halas Suitability of soil and landscape for rapeseed (Brassica napus subsp. napus L.) growing Scientific Reports Soil suitability Soil use Soil parameters GIS Soil categorization |
| title | Suitability of soil and landscape for rapeseed (Brassica napus subsp. napus L.) growing |
| title_full | Suitability of soil and landscape for rapeseed (Brassica napus subsp. napus L.) growing |
| title_fullStr | Suitability of soil and landscape for rapeseed (Brassica napus subsp. napus L.) growing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Suitability of soil and landscape for rapeseed (Brassica napus subsp. napus L.) growing |
| title_short | Suitability of soil and landscape for rapeseed (Brassica napus subsp. napus L.) growing |
| title_sort | suitability of soil and landscape for rapeseed brassica napus subsp napus l growing |
| topic | Soil suitability Soil use Soil parameters GIS Soil categorization |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-15958-x |
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