The present work aimed at assessing land capability and suitability of some soils at Toshka area, southwestern Egypt. The studied area covers an area of about 60,000 feddans and extends between latitudes 22°54′57″ ̋to 23°07′19″ North and longitudes 31°19′18″ ̏ to 31°30′21″ ̏ East. Eighteen soil profiles were dug to represent the studied area. The soils are of highly suitable class (S1) and moderately suitable class (S2) in their current and potential conditions. They were evaluated to determine their current and potential suitability for growing 15 crops (maize, wheat, barley, sesame, groundnuts, alfalfa, cowpea, carrots, cabbage, onion, tomato, watermelons, olives, guava and mango). The soils are not suitable in their current conditions (N1) for most of these crops, although some soils may be suitable (S1, S2 and S3) for maize, wheat, barley, sesame, groundnuts, alfalfa, cowpea, carrots, cabbage, watermelons, tomato and olives and permanently not suitable (N2) for carrots, onion, tomato and mango. By applying some improvements on the studied soils, they would be suitable for all the selected crops except for carrots, onion, tomato and mango. |
