Prediction of Soil Available Phosphorus Using Machine Learning Algorithms Based on Physicochemical Properties

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20792211

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Soil Available Phosphorus, machine learning, Feature İmportance, Precision Agriculture, Calcareous Soils.

Abstract

Toprakta bulunan kullanılabilir fosfor (P) miktarını tahmin etmek, gübre kullanımını optimize etmek ve tarımsal sürdürülebilirliği artırmak için çok önemlidir. Bununla birlikte, kullanılabilirliği, geleneksel modelleme yaklaşımlarını zorlayan karmaşık, etkileşimli fizikokimyasal faktörler tarafından yönetilir. Bu çalışma, rutin olarak ölçülen toprak özelliklerine (pH, elektriksel iletkenlik, organik madde, kalsiyum karbonat ve doku fraksiyonları) dayanarak toprakta bulunan kullanılabilir P miktarını tahmin etmede dört makine öğrenme algoritmasının -Rastgele Orman (RF), Aşırı Gradyan Artırma (XGBoost), Destek Vektör Regresyonu (SVR) ve Gradyan Artırma Makinesi (GBM)- performansını değerlendirdi. Yoğun olarak işlenmiş kireçli tarım alanlarından toplam 56 yüzey toprağı örneği (0-20 cm) toplandı. Rastgele Orman modeli, 0,673'lük bir belirleme katsayısı (R²), 0,717 kg da⁻¹'lik bir kök ortalama kare hatası (RMSE) ve 0,588 kg da⁻¹'lik bir ortalama mutlak hata (MAE) ile en yüksek tahmin doğruluğunu elde etti. SHAP tabanlı özellik önem analizi, tüm modellerde en etkili değişkenler olarak elektriksel iletkenliği ve toprak organik maddesini belirleyerek, toprak kimyasal ortamının ve biyokimyasal süreçlerin P kullanılabilirliğini kontrol etmedeki rolünün altını çizmiştir. Sonuçlar, özellikle RF olmak üzere, topluluk ağacı tabanlı yöntemlerin, kireçli tarım sistemlerinde doğrusal olmayan toprak P dinamiklerini yakalamak için sağlam araçlar olduğunu göstermektedir. Bu çalışma, benzer tarımsal ekolojik bağlamlarda hassas fosfor yönetimini desteklemek ve besin kullanım verimliliğini artırmak için pratik, veri odaklı bir çerçeve sunmaktadır.

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2026-03-15

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ÖZTÜRK, H., KAPLAN, F., & GÜNDOĞAN, R. (2026). Prediction of Soil Available Phosphorus Using Machine Learning Algorithms Based on Physicochemical Properties. ICONTECH INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL, 8(5), 373–392. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20792211