Soil nutrient status

URI: https://soilwise-he.github.io/soil-health#SoilNutrientStatus

Definition

Soil nutrient status is defined by appropriate levels of available macronutrients, i.e. nitrogen, phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, potassium and sulphur, and micronutrients, i.e. boron, zinc, manganese, iron, copper and molybdenum.

affects

crop yields

affects

soil microorganism diversity

affects

biomass production

affects

plant species diversity

affects

soil animal diversity

source

Korschens2005

source

Feller2012

hasImpactOn

agricultural soils

hasImpactOn

natural soils

hasImpactOn

fertilised soils

related

macronutrients

related

soil organic carbon

related

micronutrients