Vol. 6, Issue 3 (2018)
Effect of cultivation on available nutrients and organic carbon content in soil under different land use systems of Haryana
Author(s): Usha Kaushik, Dev Raj, Pooja Rani and RS Antil
Abstract: This study was conducted by collecting the surface soil samples from prominent land use systems of Haryana state locating in different agro eco -systems having different soil types. Three land use systems viz; agriculture, horticulture and vegetable were selected and within agriculture land use system, the samples were collected from rice -wheat, cotton- wheat, pearl millet- wheat and sugarcane –sugarcane cropping system. In horticulture land use system, two orchards of guava and citrus from University horticulture farm were selected. In vegetable land use system the samples were collected from university research farm which were under cultivation of tomato/potato/cauliflower/brinjal from a long time. The results revealed that the organic carbon content of soil was higher under cultivated soil than uncultivated soil conditions. The organic carbon content and available P, K, S was found higher under horticulture land use system as compared to agriculture and vegetable land use system while available N and micronutrients was found higher under agriculture land use system. The available nitrogen, phosphorus and sulphure was found higher under cultivated condition while available potassium was found higher under uncultivated conditions. Zinc, iron and copper micronutrients content was found higher under cultivated soils than uncultivated soils while Mn content was noticed higher under uncultivated soils. Available nutrient status of cultivated soils was observed higher where higher amount of fertilizers and manures are in practices and cultivation of crops increased the organic carbon content of soil and found highly correlated with the availability of nutrients in soil.
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Usha Kaushik, Dev Raj, Pooja Rani, RS Antil. Effect of cultivation on available nutrients and organic carbon content in soil under different land use systems of Haryana. Int J Chem Stud 2018;6(3):2522-2527.
