Agrokémia és Talajtan
Volume/Issue:
Volume 67: Issue 1
Spatial decision support for crop structure adjustment – a case study for selection of potential areas for sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) production
Authors:
János Jóvér University of Debrecen, Debrecen

Search for other papers by János Jóvér in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed Close
,
Elza Kovács University of Debrecen, Debrecen

Search for other papers by Elza Kovács in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed Close
,
Péter Riczu University of Debrecen, Debrecen

Search for other papers by Péter Riczu in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed Close
,
János Tamás University of Debrecen, Debrecen

Search for other papers by János Tamás in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed Close
, and
Lajos Blaskó University of Debrecen, Debrecen

Search for other papers by Lajos Blaskó in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed Close
Pages:
49–59
Online Publication Date:
Jun 2018
Publication Date:
01 Jun 2018
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/0088.2018.67.1.4
Keywords:
soil characteristics; precipitation; arable lands; AGROTOPO; CarpatClim
Restricted access

One option for adaptation to climate change is to grow a wider variety of plant species. Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) is known to tolerate unfavourable environmental conditions, so it may be feasible to grow it on areas with extreme conditions to replace other species such as maize. Nowadays, spatial decision supporting systems primarily support the crop production process rather than crop structure adjustment. In this study, potential sorghum production sites in the Great Hungarian Plain were selected based on soil characteristics including genetic soil type, parent material, physical soil type, clay composition, water management, pH, organic matter content, topsoil thickness and fertility, as well as climatic data, particularly precipitation. For all the parameters the aim was to find the extreme values at which sorghum, which is less sensitive than maize, may still give an acceptable yield. By combining map layers of soil characteristics, it could be concluded that although the soil is suitable for sorghum on 40.46% of the Great Hungarian Plain, maize is generally a better choice economically. On the other hand, the soil conditions on 0.65% of the land are still suitable for sorghum but unfavourable for maize. As regards the precipitation demand of sorghum, May is the critical period; on 698,968 ha the precipitation required for germination was only recorded once in the period 1991-2010, so these areas cannot be considererd for sorghum. As a consequence, in an alternative crop rotation system sorghum could be competitive with maize, but both the soil and climate conditions and the demands of the crop need to be assessed. The lack of precipitation in critical phenophases significantly decreases the area where maize can survive. Sorghum, however, may produce an acceptable yield, as it is a drought-resistant species.

  • AGROTOPO (1994). Várallyay G., Szabó J., Pásztor L. Agrotopographical database, MTA ATK TAKI, Budapest. https://maps.rissac.hu:3344/webappbuilder/apps/2/

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation

  • Antal, J., Egerszegi, S., Penyigey, D., 1966. Crop production on sand. Mezőgazdasági Kiadó. Budapest. 202–206. (In Hungarian)

  • Bajai, J. , 1957. Improving the production of forage sorghum up to 1975, with special regard to the supply of fodder in the dry areas of the country and the use for spirits and cellulose purposes. Martonvásár. (In Hungarian)

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation

  • Bajai, J. , 1960. Importance of sorghums grown for stock food in the forage production of Hungary. Acta Agronomica. 10. 345–345.

  • Bárdossy, A. , 1964. Data for fertilizing grain sorghum. Mosonmagyaróvári Agrártudományi Főiskola Közleményei. 7. 87–87. (In Hungarian)

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation

  • Elagin, I. N. , 1957. Basic questions of sorghum production. Vest. S. H. Nauki. 4. 55–55. (In Russian)

  • Gyökér, A. , 1977. The application of sorghum. Magyar Mezőgazdaság. XXXI. 41.sz. 7–8. (In Hungarian)

  • Józsa, L. , 1964. The production of grain sorghum. Hajdú-Bihar megye Tanács és TIT kiadványa. Debrecen. (In Hungarian)

  • Juhász, C., Rátonyi, T., Harsányi, E., Nagy, J., Széles, A., 2013. Situation and development possibilities of irrigation in Hungary. Infrastruktura I Ekologia Terenów Wiejskich / Infrastructure and Ecology of Rural Areas 3. 45–45.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation

  • Laddha, K. C., Totawat, K. I., 1997. Effect of deep tillage under rainfed agriculture on production of (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) intercropped with green gram (Vigna radiate) in western India. Soil & Tillage Research. 43. 241-250.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation

  • Linné, C.V. , 1753. Species Plantarum. Stockholm. Holmiae. 2. 1047–1047.

  • Lux, A., Luxová, M., Hattori, T., Inanaga, S., 2002. Silicification in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) cultivars with different drought tolerance. Physiologia Plantarum. 115. 87–87.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation

  • Mendas, A., Delali, A., 2012. Integration of multicriteria decision analysis on GIS to develop land suitability for agriculture: Application to durum wheat cultivation in the region of Mleta in Algeria. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 83. 117–117.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation

  • Meyer, B. G., Grabaum, R., 2008. MULBO: Model framework for multicriteria landscape assessment and optimisation. A support system for spatial land use decisions. Landscape Research. 33. 155–155.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation

  • Moldenhauer, W. C., KEATING F. E., 1958. Relationship between climatic factors and yields of cotton, milo and cafir on sandy soils in the southern high plains. Production Research Report, US Department of Agriculture. Texas. 13.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation

  • Munor, J. M., Rachie, K. O., 1956. The influence of elevation and climate on maturity and yield of some grain sorghum varieties. Agronomical Abstracts. 49. 49.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation

  • Pepó, P., Sárvári M., 2011. Production of cereal crops. University of Debrecen, Debrecen. (In Hungarian)

  • Rosa D. D. , Mayol, F., Diaz-Preira, E., Fernandez, M., Rosa, D. D., JR., 2003. A land evaluation decision support system (MicroLEIS DDS) for agricultural soil protection: With special reference to the Mediterranean region. Environmental Modelling & Software. 19. 929–929.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation

  • Surányi, J. , 1954. About Forage sorghum. Mezőgazda Kiadó, Budapest. (In Hungarian)

  • Tóth, J. , 1962. When and how to sow sorghum? Magyar Mezőgazdaság 7. 7. (In Hungarian)

  • Tsuchihashi N. , Goto, Y., 2004. Cultivation of sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolorL. Moench) and determination of its harvest time to make use as raw material for fermentation, practiced during rainy season in dry land of Indonesia. Plant Production Science. 7. 442–442.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation

  • Tuinstra, M. R., Grote E. M., Goldsbrough, P. B., Ejeta, G., 1997. Genetic analysis of post-flowering drought tolerance and components of grain development in Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench. Molecular Breeding. 3. 439–439.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation

  • Vavilov, N. I. , 1949. The origin, variation, immunity and breeding of cultivated plants. Chronica Botanica. 14. 364.

  • Collapse
  • Expand
Cover Agrokémia és Talajtan
Agrokémia és Talajtan
Print ISSN:
0002-1873
Online ISSN:
1588-2713

Senior editors

Editor(s)-in-Chief: Szili-Kovács, Tibor

Technical Editor(s): Vass, Csaba

Section Editors

  • Filep, Tibor (Csillagászati és Földtudományi Központ, Földrajztudományi Intézet, Budapest) - soil chemistry, soil pollution
  • Makó, András (Agrártudományi Kutatóközpont, Talajtani Intézet, Budapest) - soil physics
  • Pásztor, László (Agrártudományi Kutatóközpont, Talajtani Intézet, Budapest) - soil mapping, spatial and spectral modelling
  • Ragályi, Péter (Agrártudományi Kutatóközpont, Talajtani Intézet, Budapest) - agrochemistry and plant nutrition
  • Rajkai, Kálmán (Agrártudományi Kutatóközpont, Talajtani Intézet, Budapest) - soil water flow modelling
  • Szili-Kovács Tibor (Agrártudományi Kutatóközpont, Talajtani Intézet, Budapest) - soil biology and biochemistry

Editorial Board

  • Bidló, András (Soproni Egyetem, Erdőmérnöki Kar, Környezet- és Földtudományi Intézet, Sopron)
  • Blaskó, Lajos (Debreceni Egyetem, Agrár Kutatóintézetek és Tangazdaság, Karcagi Kutatóintézet, Karcag)
  • Buzás, István (Magyar Agrár- és Élettudományi Egyetem, Georgikon Campus, Keszthely)
  • Dobos, Endre (Miskolci Egyetem, Természetföldrajz-Környezettan Tanszék, Miskolc)
  • Fodor, Nándor (Agrártudományi Kutatóközpont, Mezőgazdasági Intézet, Martonvásár)
  • Győri, Zoltán (Debreceni Egyetem, Mezőgazdaság-, Élelmiszertudományi és Környezetgazdálkodási Kar, Debrecen)
  • Imréné Takács Tünde (Agrártudományi Kutatóközpont, Talajtani Intézet, Budapest)
  • Jolánkai, Márton (Magyar Agrár- és Élettudományi Egyetem, Növénytermesztési-tudományok Intézet, Gödöllő)
  • Kátai, János (Debreceni Egyetem, Mezőgazdaság-, Élelmiszertudományi és Környezetgazdálkodási Kar, Debrecen)
  • Lehoczky, Éva (Magyar Agrár- és Élettudományi Egyetem, Környezettudományi Intézet, Gödöllő)
  • Michéli, Erika (Magyar Agrár- és Élettudományi Egyetem, Környezettudományi Intézet, Gödöllő)
  • Rékási, Márk (Agrártudományi Kutatóközpont, Talajtani Intézet, Budapest)
  • Schmidt, Rezső (Széchenyi István Egyetem, Mezőgazdaság- és Élelmiszertudományi Kar, Mosonmagyaróvár)
  • Tamás, János (Debreceni Egyetem, Mezőgazdaság-, Élelmiszertudományi és Környezetgazdálkodási Kar, Debrecen)
  • Tóth, Gergely (Agrártudományi Kutatóközpont, Talajtani Intézet, Budapest)
  • Tóth, Tibor (Agrártudományi Kutatóközpont, Talajtani Intézet, Budapest)
  • Tóth, Zoltán (Magyar Agrár- és Élettudományi Egyetem, Georgikon Campus, Keszthely)

International Editorial Board

  • Blum, Winfried E. H. (Institute for Soil Research, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Wien, Austria)
  • Hofman, Georges (Department of Soil Management, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium)
  • Horn, Rainer (Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Christian Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany)
  • Inubushi, Kazuyuki (Graduate School of Horticulture, Chiba University, Japan)
  • Kätterer, Thomas (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden)
  • Lichner, Ljubomir (Institute of Hydrology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic)
  • Nemes, Attila (Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Ås, Norway)
  • Pachepsky, Yakov (Environmental Microbial and Food Safety Lab USDA, Beltsville, MD, USA)
  • Simota, Catalin Cristian (The Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Bucharest, Romania)
  • Stolte, Jannes (Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Ås, Norway)
  • Wendroth, Ole (Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Kentucky, USA)

Szili-Kovács, Tibor
ATK Talajtani Intézet
Herman Ottó út 15., H-1022 Budapest, Hungary
Phone: (+36 1) 212 2265
Fax: (+36 1) 485 5217
E-mail: editorial.agrokemia@atk.hu

Indexing and Abstracting Services:

  • CAB Abstracts
  • CABELLS Journalytics
  • CABI
  • EMBiology
  • Global Health
  • SCOPUS

2023  
Scopus  
CiteScore 0.4
CiteScore rank Q4 (Agronomy and Crop Science)
SNIP 0.105
Scimago  
SJR index 0.151
SJR Q rank Q4

Agrokémia és Talajtan
Publication Model Hybrid
Online only
Submission Fee none
Article Processing Charge 900 EUR/article (only for OA publications)
Printed Color Illustrations 40 EUR (or 10 000 HUF) + VAT / piece
Regional discounts on country of the funding agency World Bank Lower-middle-income economies: 50%
World Bank Low-income economies: 100%
Further Discounts Editorial Board / Advisory Board members: 50%
Corresponding authors, affiliated to an EISZ member institution subscribing to the journal package of Akadémiai Kiadó: 100%
Subscription fee 2025 Online subsscription: 172 EUR / 198 USD (Online only)
Subscription Information Online subscribers are entitled access to all back issues published by Akadémiai Kiadó for each title for the duration of the subscription, as well as Online First content for the subscribed content.
Purchase per Title Individual articles are sold on the displayed price.

Agrokémia és Talajtan
Language Hungarian, English
Size B5
Year of
Foundation		 1951
Volumes
per Year		 1
Issues
per Year		 2
Founder Magyar Tudományos Akadémia  
Founder's
Address		 H-1051 Budapest, Hungary, Széchenyi István tér 9.
Publisher Akadémiai Kiadó
Publisher's
Address		 H-1117 Budapest, Hungary 1516 Budapest, PO Box 245.
Responsible
Publisher		 Chief Executive Officer, Akadémiai Kiadó
ISSN 0002-1873 (Print)
ISSN 1588-2713 (Online)

Monthly Content Usage

Abstract Views Full Text Views PDF Downloads
Jun 2024 149 0 0
Jul 2024 68 0 0
Aug 2024 52 0 0
Sep 2024 115 0 0
Oct 2024 888 0 0
Nov 2024 964 0 0
Dec 2024 303 0 0