National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692 Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Maintenance of soil health is prime importance for sustainable crop production. Soil quality is rapidly de-creasing in many regions around the world. There are many reasons leading to soil quality deterioration, including changes in land use types from forest to arable land and the con- sequences from intensive land use. In the present investigation analysis of different physical and chemical characteristics were made to determine soil health of Kandhamal district. Results show that soil bulk density was in normal range, soil particle density varied from 2.22 to 3.33 g cmâ»3, soil pH and EC were found to be acidic and non-saline in nature respectively while soil organic carbon and available phosphorus were in medium to high range. Available nitrogen and potassium were found to be low to medium range i.e., 198.82 to 385.6 Kg haâ»1 and 82.23 to 167.6 Kg haâ»1 respectively. Deficiency of sulphur followed by zinc was found in soils of Kandhamal district.
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