Effect of different Land-uses Systems on Soil pH, Electrical Conductivity and Micronutrients in Mollisols of Uttarakhand

Author: Basta Ram * , Ajeet Pratap Singh , Vijay Kant Singh , Mamta Shivran and Asha Serawat

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Abstract

The variability and status of micronutrients are very important for crop production there for so a sound knowledge of micronutrients is more important. The rapid agricultural change has been reported in South Asian countries.Today change takes place in a single direction from natural ecosystem to artificial ecosystem. Therefore, this study was conducted for the effects of different land-use systems on soil properties,i.e. electrical conductivity (EC), pH, and micronutrients. The study area was located at Norman E. Borlaug Crop Research Centre, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, which lies at 29°N latitude, 79°3E longitudes, and 243.84 m above the mean sea level altitude. The randomized complete block design, including different treatments with three replications for soil depth (0–20cm), was used in this experiment.The treatment were selected for study micronutrient content in soil that T1 (rice – potato – okra), T2 (rice – pea (vegetable) – ma

Keywords

Micronutrient, lund uses, agroforestry organic matter

Conclusion

Different land-use can influence the properties of soil and the essential nutrient dynamics in the soils. The finding of that experiment was concluded that the significant effect of different treatments on the soil properties seen due to different land-use types in the experiment. Electrical conductivity, soil reaction, zinc, iron, copper, and manganese in soil were varied significantly under different treatments. The highest electrical conductivity, pH, zinc, iron, copper, and manganese were reported under the T8 (eucalyptus + turmeric) land-use system while the lowest was obtained under T9 (fallow uncultivated) treatment. The based on of these results, it can be concluded that among different treatments superior electrical conductivity, pH, zinc, iron, copper, and manganese soil were found under agroforestry-based treatment T8 and T7 treatments). So, soil researchers should have been promoted the agroforestry land-use system in combination with agricultural systems.

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Basta Ram, Ajeet Pratap Singh, Vijay Kant Singh, Mamta Shivran and Asha Serawat (2022). Effect of Different Land-uses Systems on Soil pH, Electrical Conductivity and Micronutrients in Mollisols of Uttarakhand. Biological Forum – An International Journ