Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 24 ISSUE 2
Written by Cristian POPESCU, Mihaela BĂLAN

The technical bonitation work was carried out based on soil mapping in the reference area, identifying the typical preluvosoil, the typical luvosoil and the gleic alluviosoil as the main soil units. The soils identified and evaluated in these natural conditions are characterized by morphological, physical, hydro physical and chemical properties, specific to the hilly area. Based on the physical-chemical properties, the evaluation of the main identified soils was carried out, in terms of their favorability for different plants grown in the area, by establishing bonitation marks and favorability classes. It was found that the highest bonitation marks (over 50 points) and the lowest favorability classes (III, IV and V) were obtained by the gleic alluviosoil, followed by the typical preluvosoil, and the lowest bonitation marks and the highest favored classes are recorded for the typical luvosoil. The estimation of the productions that can be obtained by the specific crops in this area, are according to the value of the bonitation marks obtained in natural conditions, with the 3 researched soil types.

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