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Natural chemical degradation of soils in the Indian semi-arid tropics and remedial measures

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Title Natural chemical degradation of soils in the Indian semi-arid tropics and remedial measures
 
Creator Pal, Dilip Kumar
 
Contributor Bhattacharyya, Ranjan
Sahrawat, Kanwar Lal
Wani, Suhas
 
Subject caco3 formation
regressive pedogenesis
remedial measures
sat soils
subsoil sodicity
 
Description Most published research on soil degradation in general
emphasizes the role of anthropogenic factors.
Even among the natural soil degradation processes the
regressive pedogenic processes that lead to the formation
of CaCO3 and concomitant development of subsoil
sodicity and the adverse effects of palygorskite on
the soils of the semi-arid tropics (SAT), have received
little global attention as the natural processes of
chemical degradation of soils. Studies in India during
the last two decades, however, have demonstrated the
important role of regressive pedogenic processes in
natural degradation of major soil types in the Indian
SAT regions. The present article summarizes the research
on natural degradation of soils in the Indian
SAT. The management practices to reclaim the degraded
soils are also discussed with examples
 
Date 2016-05-10
2017-02-08T23:12:05Z
2017-02-08T23:12:05Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/9492
https://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/download/hash/bWnzHApx
Dilip Kumar Pal, Ranjan Bhattacharyya, Kanwar Lal Sahrawat, Suhas Wani. (10/5/2016). Natural chemical degradation of soils in the Indian semi-arid tropics and remedial measures. Current Science, 110(9), pp. 1675-1682.
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/5600
Open access
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-4.0
 
Format PDF
 
Publisher Indian Academy of Sciences
 
Source Current Science;110,(2016) Pagination 1675,1682