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Investigations of spatial variation in soil characteristics and crop yield are reported. The results presented indicate that where average soil pH was 6.1 on a 32 ha site in Northumberland, England, applications of CaO in excess of 0.5 t ha−1 were required on only 20% of the area giving a 60% reduction in typical lime applications. The use of the Global Positioning System in implementing spatially variable applications is advocated, and a concept for the development of machinery systems that apply crop inputs on a site specific basis is reported. A computer based Local Resource Information System (LORIS) for conventional spreadsheet programmes is proposed. This enables the handling, interpolation and interpretation of spatially distributed data.
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Schnug, E., Murphy, D.P., Haneklaus, S.H., Evans, E.J. (1993). Local resource management in computer aided farming: A new approach for sustainable agriculture. In: Fragoso, M.A.C., Van Beusichem, M.L., Houwers, A. (eds) Optimization of Plant Nutrition. Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences, vol 53. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2496-8_102
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