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Characteristics of Certain Soils in the Dominican Republic¹

ABSTRACT

This study summarizes the first soil survey on sugar estates in the Dominican Republic. The soils are characterized and classified. Illustrations of soil profiles, and diagrams showing their topographic occurrence are included. A rather close relationship was found between soil characteristics and root growth of cane. Study of root growth in relation to soil properties was helpful in evaluating the agriculture potentialities of the various soils.

¹ Contribution from the Dept. of Agronomy, Illinois Agr. Exp. Sta., Urbana, Ill. Published with the approval of the Director of the Illinois Agr. Exp. Sta. and the President of Company Azucarera Dominicana. The author is indebted to the Illinois Agr. Exp. Sta. for granting a leave of absence to make this study and to Company Azucarera Dominicana for underwriting the cost of the work. Presented before Division V, Soil Science Society of America, Nov. 18, 1952.

² Assistant professor of soil physics, Univ. of Illinois.

Received for publication December 1, 1952.