[Detailed soil study at the Mushaqqer Agricultural Station]
1988
El-Rihani, A. | Al-Qudah, B. | Sartawi, W. (Ministry of Agriculture, Amman (Jordan). Dept. of Land Classification and Soil Survey)
Located about 28 km SW of Amman on the road to Madaba, El-Mushaqqar experimental farm occupies about 1200 dunum (120 hectars). The station is mainly used to conduct cereal crop trials or demonstrations. Soil survey operation took place after air photo interpretation and actual soil boundaries had beed checked, through digging a number of soil plots. It was found that the area of the station is occupied by one soil type which is classified as fine montmorillonitic, termic, Entic, Cnromoxererts on 0-2% slope. Due to uniformity of soil except in the surface stoneness, separating of soil mapping units was restricted to stone phases. Soil boundaries were manually transferred to a cadastral base map 1:10000. Other maps such as actual land use, topographic map were also prepared. The station is dominated by series 11 (Jordan Soil Legend). It is brown to dark brown clayey soil, with high shrink-swell potential, developed on limestone associated with variable amounts of chert. Physical and chemical properties are within the material of this paper. The soil is class II-s-non irrigated; s-Sub class, indicates physical soil limitations. Recommendations are included on contur plowing, adding fertilizer, and special crop rotation. Fruit trees planting is not recommended unless good soil management is maintained
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