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CADUB GHF: a computer program to calculate fertilizer and lime needs for grain crops, horticulture and forages

The fertilizers and lime recommendation for Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina states is based on official guidelines and is supported on soil testing results, management history and technical experience. There are some softwares developed as a tool to help crop assistants recommend fertilizers, however, the recent modifications in the system demand to build new computer programs to accomplish this. This paper reports how a computer program aimed at making recommendation, in a digital form, of fertilizer and liming based on information suggested by official institutions manual for grain crops, horticulture and forages. The program was developed in Microsoft Excel with Visual Basic interface, and is available in <A HREF="http://coralx.ufsm.br/solos/cadub2.php" target="_blank">http://coralx.ufsm.br/solos/cadub2.php</A>. The CADUB GHF provides nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium needs for starting and dressing fertilizers and liming rate for grain crops, horticulture and forages. Also, it outputs a report including supplied and recommended data buy presenting it in an Excell form, which may be saved or printed.

liming; fertilization; software; recommendation


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