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Soil-Site Suitability and Production Potential Evaluation of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) under Arid Climate of Western Rajasthan, India

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Title Soil-Site Suitability and Production Potential Evaluation of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) under Arid Climate of Western Rajasthan, India
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Creator R.L. Meena, T.P. Verma, R.S. Singh, P.C. Moharana, Sunil Kumar, Mahaveer Nogiya, B.L. Tailor, R. Singh and S.K. Singh
 
Subject Soil site suitability, Evaluation, Chickpea and Limitations
 
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A detailed soil survey was undertaken in central state farm Jetsar, Sri Ganganagar,
Rajasthan, India representing the arid climate with the aim of to assess the status and
potential of land resources for the suitability and production potential of soils for chickpea.
The area of the farm has been divided into three major landforms viz., sand dunes,
reclaimed sand dunes and aeofluvial flood plain. Based on the variation in physiography
and landforms, eight soil pedons were identified in the farm. Pedon P1 & P2 occurring on
sand dune and reclaimed sand dune which are sandy deep, mixed, calcareous, Typic
Torripsmments whereas pedons from P3 to P8 occurring on aeofluvial flood plains which
are deep, calcareous, coarse loamy to fine silty Typic/Sodic/Fluventic Haplocambids and
Oxyaquic Torrifluvents. Soils of the farm belong to very deep category ranged from 135-
195 cm, sandy to clay textured developed on aeolian and alluvium parent material. These
soils are moderately alkaline (8.25 pH) to strongly alkaline (9.56 pH), very low (0.02%) to
low (0.29%) in organic carbon, non saline (EC 0.13) to strongly saline (EC 7.50 dsm-1),
low (1.95%) to high (19.51%) in calcium carbonate. Further, soils were low in available
nitrogen, low to medium in available phosphorus, low to medium in available potassium
whereas soils were low in available Fe and Mn, and high in available Zn and Cu. Soil has
been assessed for suitability of chickpea as per the criteria given by Naidu et al 2004.
Soils of the pedon P3, P6 and P7 were moderately suitable, whereas pedon P5 was
marginally suitable for the cultivation of chickpea. Soils of pedon P1, P2, P4 and and P8
were not suitable for the chickpea cultivation due to extreme values of texture, pH and
organic carbon respectively. Potentially soils of pedon P3, P5, P6 and P7 were moderately
suitable in contrast to P2 and P8 which are marginally suitable. Yield of the farm can
increased 9-36% with soil and fertility related managements.
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Date 2020-05-22T07:12:53Z
2020-05-22T07:12:53Z
2019-04-10
 
Type Research Paper
 
Identifier 3. R.L. Meena, T.P. Verma, R.S. Singh, P.C. Moharana, Sunil Kumar, Mahaveer Nogiya, B.L. Tailor, R. Singh and S.K. Singh (2019) Soil-Site Suitability and Production Potential Evaluation of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) under Arid Climate of Western Rajasthan, India. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 8(4): 2597-2607.
2319-7706 Volume 8 Number 04 (2019) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com
http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/36116
 
Language English
 
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Publisher Excellent Publishers