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A function for assessing Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC) suitability requirements for certain crops and trees
Description
This function determines the suitability classes for Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC) requirements of selected agricultural crops and forest trees
Usage
CECSuit(value, crop)
Arguments
value |
input Cation Exchange Capacity (Cmol(+)/kg). |
crop |
crop of interest for which CEC suitability class is sought |
Details
input value can be a map or just a numerical entry of CEC (cmol(+)/kg)
Value
The output is CEC suitability class for the crop. The output is an integer value for suitability class: 1- highly suitable; 2 - moderately suitable; 3 - marginally suitable; 4 - currently not suitable; 5 - not suitable
Note
The output raster map of CEC suitability is given if the input value is raster map
Author(s)
Christian Thine Omuto
References
Sys, C., Van Ranst, E., Debaveye, J. and Beerneaert, F.1993. Land evaluation: Part III: Crop requirements. Development Cooperation, Belgium.
Naidu, L.G.K., Ramamurthy, V., Challa O., Hegde, R. and Krishnan, P. 2006. Manual, Soil-site Suitability Criteria for Major Crops, National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, ICAR, Nagpur, India
FAO Crop Suitability Requirements: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home
See Also
suitability, tempSuit, rainSuit
Examples
CECSuit(22.4,"pineaple")