2.5. Fertilization doseThe dose of macro and microelements fertilizers, which wereapplied to the crop, was determined based on the results of thephysicochemical characterization of the soil. For this, the concep-tual method (Rodríguez and S, 1993) was applied, wherein thefertilization dose is calculated based on crop demand for a particular nutrient, the soil supply of this nutrient, and on the utilizationefficiency of the element.