Vol. 6, Issue 5 (2018)
Soil characteristics and leaf nutritional factors contributing towards citrus decline in Morshi Tehsil of Amravati district, Maharashtra state
Author(s): Indranil S Pathare, MM Raut, RA Tembhurkar and DD Dahule
Abstract: The present investigation in relation to "Soil Characteristics and Leaf Nutritional Status in Declined Nagpur Mandarin Orchards in Morshi Tehsil of Amravati Districtâ€, was undertaken during 2017- 18. Twelve orchards from declined condition were selected on the basis of their yield performance and visual observations from five locations of Morshi tehsil viz., Nimbhi, Shirkhed, Ladki, Dapori and Chikhalsawangi were selected to evaluate the soil characteristics and leaf nutritional status and fruit quality of Nagpur mandarin. Twelve soil profile samples were taken from 0-30, 30-60 and 60-90 cm depth randomly selected over the field of Nagpur mandarin and collected leaf and fruit samples were analyzed for quality parameters. The results indicated that, the soil reaction was slightly to moderately alkaline, with pH value varied from 7.41 to 8.45, EC ranges from 0.234 to 0.372 dS m-1 indicating the non saline nature of these soils, free calcium carbonate varied from 5.90 to 14.50%. Soils of declined orchard contained more than 10% CaCO3 in sub surface soils. As all soils contained more than 5% CaCO3 they were categorized as calcareous soils. Organic carbon showed decreasing trend with soil depth and soils contained low in organic carbon. The available nitrogen was found to be low, phosphorus was very low to low, potassium was low to very high and sulphur was low to moderate. The DTPA extractable micronutrients in soil varied from low to moderately high for zinc, iron, copper and manganese respectively.
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Indranil S Pathare, MM Raut, RA Tembhurkar, DD Dahule. Soil characteristics and leaf nutritional factors contributing towards citrus decline in Morshi Tehsil of Amravati district, Maharashtra state. Int J Chem Stud 2018;6(5):3294-3297.
