Table 2 Semivariogram analysis of soil samples (N = 200) collected from Mahagoan village of Bhainsa mandal, nirmal district.

From: Delineation and evaluation of management zones for site-specific nutrient management using a geostatistical and fuzzy C mean cluster approach

Variable

Transformation

Model

Nugget

Partial sill

Sill

Nugget/sill (%)

Range (m)

Spatial dependence

RMSE

pH

Log

Spherical

0.0

0.0000732

0.0000732

0.0

39.32

Strong

0.044

EC (dS m−1)

None

Spherical

0.0

0.0002906

0.0002906

0.0

42.01

Strong

0.010

OC (g kg−1)

None

Spherical

0.0

0.000419

0.000419

0.0

39.70

Strong

0.014

Available N

(kg N ha−1)

Log

Gaussian

0.0

0.003468

0.003468

0.0

28.26

Strong

4.43

Available P2O5

(kg P2O5 ha−1)

Log

Gaussian

0.000044

0.00223

0.002274

1.93

28.80

Strong

3.76

Available K2O

(kg K2O ha−1)

Log

Gaussian

0.0

0.00125

0.00125

0.0

30.48

Strong

6.96

Available S

(mg kg−1)

Log

Spherical

0.00364

0.0309

0.03454

10.5

51.22

Strong

1.64

Available Fe

(mg kg−1)

None

Gaussian

0.0094

9.4042

9.4136

0.09

29.63

Strong

1.64

Available Mn

(mg kg−1)

Log

Gaussian

0.0078

0.0299

0.0378

20.63

43.63

Strong

2.12

Available Zn

(mg kg−1)

Log

Spherical

0.0

0.03786

0.03786

0.0

60.13

Strong

0.74

Available Cu

(mg kg−1)

Log

Gaussian

0.00115

0.00529

0.00644

17.86

33.81

Strong

0.41