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Soil and on site nutrient conservation potential of aromatic grasses at field scale under a shifting cultivated, degraded catchment in Eastern Ghats, India

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Title Soil and on site nutrient conservation potential of aromatic grasses at field scale under a shifting cultivated, degraded catchment in Eastern Ghats, India
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Creator Partha Pratim Adhikary
Hunsur Chikkanarasimhaiah
Hombegowda
Dhananjay Barman
Madegowda Madhu
 
Subject Aromatic grass Enrichment ratio Nutrient loss Runoff Sediment yield
 
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Land degradation due to soil erosion is a global problem ,especially on cultivated hill slopes. Econom- ically important aromatic grasses can protect degraded hill slopes more effectively than field crops,but little information is available on their performance.This study quantifies runoff, sediment yield, enrichment ratiosofsoilandnutrients,andsediment associated organic carbon and nutrients losses under thre earomatic grasss pecies:citronella(Cymbopogon nardus), lemon(Cymbopogon flexuosus), and palmarosa (Cymbopogon martini), compared with a traditional field crop, finger millet(Eleusine coracana) grown at three lands lopes(4%,8%,and12%).It was observed that the degree of slope and type of grass both significantly influenced runoff generation. Runoff and sediment yield(SY)were significantly higher at 12%slopethanat8%and4%slopes.Relationbetweenrainfallandrunoffweresignificant for all the grass species(p o 0.05). Palmarosa,lemon,and citronella grass reduced the SY by10,54,and60%, respectively,over finger millet. SY was also significantly related to rainfall for all the treatments(p o 0.05). The threshold runoff valuest oproduce SY were higher for aromatic grasses compared to finger millet. Enrichment of clay,silt,sand,soil organic carbon(SOC),available nitrogen(N),phosphorus(P)and potassium (K)in these sediment were not significantly different between slopes but differed significantly between aromatic grasses and finger millet.Sediment associated nutrient load varied inversely with SY mainly because of the nutrient dissolution effect of high runoff volume. Annual loss of SOC and nutrients variedfrom84.7–156.8kgha-1 y-1 for SOC,4.38–9.18kgha-1 y-1 for availableN,0.35–0.75 kgha-1 y-1 for availableP,and2.22–5.22 kgha-1 y-1 for available K,with the lowest values for citronella and highest for finger millet.Thestudy found that the aromatic grasses have greater environmental conservation values than finger millet on steep degraded land.
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Date 2020-06-12T09:35:27Z
2020-06-12T09:35:27Z
2018-01-23
 
Type Research Paper
 
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/37121
 
Language English
 
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