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Title: | Soil Resource Characterization and Classification under different toposequences in Eastern extension of Chhotanagpur Plateau region (AESR12.3). |
Other Titles: | Not Available |
Authors: | Gupta Choudhury, S., Banerjee, T., Das, K., Sahoo, A.K., Nayak, D.C., Singh, S.K. |
ICAR Data Use Licennce: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/PDF/ICAR_Data_Use_Licence.pdf |
Author's Affiliated institute: | National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planing |
Published/ Complete Date: | 2019-01-01 |
Project Code: | Not Available |
Keywords: | Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science Year : 2019, Volume : 67, Issue : 1 First page : ( 1) Last page : ( 11) Print ISSN : 0019-638X. Online ISSN : 0974-0228. Article DOI : 10.5958/0974-0228.2019.00001.X Soil Resource Characterization and Classification under Different Toposequences in Eastern Extension of Chhotanagpur Plateau Choudhury Shreyasi Gupta*, Banerjee Tapati, Das Krishnendu, Sahoo Anil Kumar, Nayak Dulal Chandra, Singh Surendra Kumar1 ICAR-National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, Regional Centre, Kolkata, 700091, West Bengal, India 1Present address: ICAR-National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, Amravati Road, Nagpur, 440033, Maharashtra *Corresponding author Email: shreyasi.acss@gmail.com Online published on 27 August, 2019. Abstract Soil resource characterization and classification is necessary for rainfed zones of West Bengal to suggest judicial and optimal agricultural land use planning, particularly in those areas where the lands remain unutilized for more than six months in a year. In the present study, an attempt was made to characterize and classify the existing soils under various toposequences in Rajnagar block, Birbhum district, West Bengal situated in the eastern extension of Chhotanagpur plateau (AESR 12.3). Soils were shallow to very deep, somewhat poorly to excessively drained, sandy loam to clay loam in texture and slightly to severely eroded. The surface soils were acidic in nature with pH ranging from 4.9 to 6.0, low electrical conductivity (EC) (0.03 to 0.39 dS m−1) and low to medium organic carbon (OC) content (0.4 to 5.5 g kg−1). Soils were classified as Entisols, Inceptisols and Alfisols based on their morphological and physicochemical characteristics. Land capability and irrigability classification revealed that 46.3% of total geographical area (TGA) was moderately good for cultivation and 45.2% was suitable for irrigation (class 2) with slight limitations in soil properties, drainage and topography. Top Keywords Soil classification, toposequence, Chhotanagpur plateau, rainfed zone. |
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Citation: | Gupta Choudhury, S., Banerjee, T., Das, K., Sahoo, A.K., Nayak, D.C., Singh, S.K. (2019). Soil Resource Characterization and Classification under different toposequences in Eastern extension of Chhotanagpur Plateau region (AESR12.3). Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science. (Accepted in March, 2019)(In press). |
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Abstract/Description: | Soil resource characterization and classification is necessary for rainfed zones of West Bengal to suggest judicial and optimal agricultural land use planning, particularly in those areas where the lands remain unutilized for more than six months in a year. In the present study, an attempt was made to characterize and classify the existing soils under various toposequences in Rajnagar block, Birbhum district, West Bengal situated in the eastern extension of Chhotanagpur plateau (AESR 12.3). Soils were shallow to very deep, somewhat poorly to excessively drained, sandy loam to clay loam in texture and slightly to severely eroded. The surface soils were acidic in nature with pH ranging from 4.9 to 6.0, low electrical conductivity (EC) (0.03 to 0.39 dS m−1) and low to medium organic carbon (OC) content (0.4 to 5.5 g kg−1). Soils were classified as Entisols, Inceptisols and Alfisols based on their morphological and physicochemical characteristics. Land capability and irrigability classification revealed that 46.3% of total geographical area (TGA) was moderately good for cultivation and 45.2% was suitable for irrigation (class 2) with slight limitations in soil properties, drainage and topography. |
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ISSN: | Not Available |
Type(s) of content: | Research Paper |
Sponsors: | Not Available |
Language: | English |
Name of Journal: | Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science |
NAAS Rating: | 5.31 |
Volume No.: | 67(1) |
Page Number: | 1-11 |
Name of the Division/Regional Station: | Not Available |
Source, DOI or any other URL: | 10.5958/0974-0228.2019.00001.X |
URI: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/34395 |
Appears in Collections: | NRM-NBSSLUP-Publication |
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