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Title: | SOIL , WATER AND TEMPERATURE REGIMES OF A RIDGE- TRENCH SYSTEM OF RAINWATER CONSERVATION AND PLANTING TREES IN SODIC SOIL |
Other Titles: | Not Available |
Authors: | SS GREWAL IP ABROL |
ICAR Data Use Licennce: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/PDF/ICAR_Data_Use_Licence.pdf |
Author's Affiliated institute: | ICAR::Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation |
Published/ Complete Date: | 1990-01-01 |
Project Code: | Not Available |
Keywords: | SOIL, WATER, TEMPERATURE REGIMES, RIDGE- TRENCH SYSTEM, RAINWATER CONSERVATION, PLANTING TREES, SODIC SOIL |
Publisher: | Not Available |
Citation: | Not Available |
Series/Report no.: | Not Available; |
Abstract/Description: | IN A TWO YEAR (1982-84) FIELD STUDY ON BARREN SODIC SOIL , THE SOIL WATER (0-240 CM DEPTH) AND TEMPERATURE REGIMES OF THE RIDGE TRENCH SYSTEM (RTS) WERE COMPARED WITH THOSE OF THE USUAL FLAT SURFACE PLANTING SYSTEM (FSPS) . OUT OF 295 AND 585 MM OF MONSOON RAINFALL IN 1982 AND 1983, THE SOIL WATER CONTENT INCREASED BY 88 AND 132 MM IN RTS AS AGAINST 58 AND 79MM IN FSPS, RESPECTIVELY BUT THE RIDGES TENDED TO DRY UP FASTER THAN FLAT SURFACE IN THE DRY POST- MONSOON MONTH OF OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER. THE SOIL WATER DEPLETION FROM DECEMBER TO JUNE WAS 242 MM IN RTS AND 108MM FROM THE PROFILE OF FSPS. THE RIDGES WERE COOLER BY 1 TO 2 DEGREE CELSIUS DURING DAY TIME IN WINTER AND WARMER THAN FLAT SURFACE BY 1 TO 2 DEGREE CELSIUS IN FORENOON AND 5 TO 6 DEGREE CELSIUS IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS DURING THE SUMMER. THE HIGHER LOSS OF WATER FROM RTS AS COMPARED TO FSPS NEGATED THE BENEFITS OF ADDITIONAL STORAGE MADE DURING THE MONSOONS. AS A RESULT , NO BENEFIT OF RTS WAS OBSERVED DURING TWO YEAR GROWTH OF ACACIA NILOTICA (LINN) AND PARKINSONIA ACULEATA (LINN) . EUCALYPTUS TERETICORNIS ( SMITH) RATHER PERFORMED BETTER IN FSP SYSTEM. |
Description: | Not Available |
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.: | 38 |
Page Number: | 504-510 |
Name of the Division/Regional Station: | Not Available |
Source, DOI or any other URL: | Not Available |
URI: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/42251 |
Appears in Collections: | NRM-IISWC-Publication |
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