Comparative of Some Biofunctool Toolkits and Laboratory Soil Analysis Method to Assess Soil Quality in Different Soil Textures
Keywords:
Pepper, Soil texture, Soil health, Soil quality indexAbstract
The “Biofunctool” toolkit dedicated to the onsite measurement of soil health was collected and developed under the collaboration between the Land Development Department (LDD) and the French research institute: IRD and CIRAD. This tool aimed to assess the impact of agricultural practices on soil functioning and quality. However, soil quality varies according to the soil texture and constitutes one potential limitation affecting soil quality assessment. This study was undertaken on 4 different types of soil texture; loam, sandy loam, clay loam and sandy clay loam all located within the same type of plantations (pepper). All the measurements were done in Kaeng Hang Maeo district, Chantaburi province (3 plantations per soil texture with 3 replications per plantation). Soil quality was analyzed by some fast and inexpensive Biofunctool toolkit, and compared with the laboratory method. The results indicated that the soil health assessment by laboratory method and the Biofunctool follow the same trend. Loamy soil had the highest soil health index than others, followed by sandy loam, clay loam, and sandy clay loam, respectively. There was no significant difference between the soil quality index originated from both laboratory method and the Biofunctool. It showed that the Biofunctool could be used to assess soil health in conjunction with laboratory method. Alternatively, the Biofunctool could be used to perform a preliminary soil quality assessment to reduce costs and time. In particular, the study on soil organism activities done by Bait lamina and SituResp method indicated also that the Biofunctool was able to assess the significant impact of organic matter.
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