Update of Gray Wooded (Luvisolic) Soils Management Publication
This University of Alberta publication on management of Gray Wooded Soils is a unique initiative. The book describes management methods that farmers could use to improve productivity of these soils.
IPNI-2016-CAN-AB38
Background This University of Alberta publication on management of Gray Wooded Soils is a unique initiative. The book describes management methods that farmers could use to improve productivity of these soils. The Gray Wooded Soils are respectively classified as follows in the Canadian, US Soil Taxonomy, and the United Nations – Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Soil Classification system. Read more
Interpretive Summary
| 2017 | Progress on the update of the publication "Gray Wooded (Luvisolic) Soils Management" went well in 2017. The scientists working on the project summarized agronomic yield data, and soil and plant analytical results taken and gathered over the last four decades, at the University of Alberta Breton Plots Long-term Research site. The last edition was published in 1971, and recent research results will better advise farmers growing crops on these soils. |
| 2016 | The update of the publication "Gray Wooded (Luvisolic) Soils Management" has progressed well. The scientists conducting the project have been summarizing agronomic yield data, and soil and plant analytical results taken and gathered over the last four decades, at the University of Alberta Breton Plots Long-term Research site. The last edition was published in 1971, and recent research results will better advise farmers growing crops on these soils. |
Updates & Reports
| 2016 | Project Description |
Project Leader
Dick Puurveen, University of Alberta
Project Cooperators
Miles Dick, Univ of Alberta
IPNI Staff
Location
Americas \ Northern America \ CAN \ Alberta