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AN ASIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Volume 5 Issue 1, June 2010

Research papers published in this issue.

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1 POTENTIALITY OF BIO-FERTILIZER AND VARIOUS RESOURCES FOR SUSTAINING PEARLMILLET YIELD AND SOIL PRODUCTIVITY UNDER RAINFED AGRICULTURE V .D. VORA, P .R. PATEL, K.N. AKBARI, G .S. SUTARIA AND D.R. PADMANI

2 INFLUENCE OF NITROGEN, POTASSIUM AND SULPHUR LEVELS ON GROWTH, YIELD ATTRIBUTES AND YIELD OF FORAGE PEARLMILLET [PENNISETUM GLAUCUM(L.) R. BR.] B.T . SHETA, N.K. KALYANASUNDARAM, K.H. PATEL, D.B. PANCHAL AND J.C. PATEL

3 RESPONSE AND CRITICAL LIMITS OF ZINC FOR COTTON GROWN IN MEDIUM BLACK CALCAREOUS SOILS OF SAURASHTRA REGION OF GUJARAT K.B.POLARA, H.L.SAKARVADIA,K.B.PARMAR, N.B.BABARIYA AND R.L. DAVARIA

4 INFLUENCE OF NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS ON YIELD OF CASTOR (RICINUS COMMUNIS L.) ON SANDY CLAY LOAM SOILS UNDER RAINFED CONDITIONS K.N. AKBARI, G.S. SUTARIA, H.K. KANDORIA, V.D.VORA AND D.R. PADMANI

5 IMMOBILIZATION OF PB AND REDUCE UPTAKE IN EDIBLE AND NON EDIBLE CROPS UNDER LONG TERM SEWAGE IRRIGATED SOIL KATHAVARAYAN VEERAMANI, S. AVUDAINAYAGAM AND P . DORAISAMY

6 DYNAMICS OF POTASSIUM FRACTIONS IN A CALCAREOUS VERTIC HAPLUSTEPTS UNDER AICRP-LTFE SOILS A.V . RAJANI, B.M. BUTANI, H.K. SHOBHANA, J.N. NARIA AND B.A. GOLAKIYA

7 MICRONUTRIENT STATUS OF MICROPROPAGATED BANANA (MUSA PARADISICA L) ORCHARDS OF MARATHWADA M.M. RANE, H.K. KAUSADIKAR AND R.S. MANEKAR

8 NEW SOIL FERTILITY NORMS FOR NAGPUR MANDARIN FROM SUMMER FLUSH USING DRIS D.S. KANKAL AND P .R. DAMRE

9 INTEGRATED NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE GROUNDNUT CULTIVATION IN THERI SOIL K.MANIKANDAN AND V . SUBRAMANIAN

10 INFLUENCE OF FORTIFIED ORGANIC MANURES ON THE CHANGES IN PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY IN COASTAL SALINE SODIC SOIL FOR RICE S. KAMARAJ, R. SINGARAVEL AND G . VEMBU

11 EFFECT OF FERTILIZATION AND ROOT FEEDING OF COCONUT TONIC ON THE YIELD OF COCONUT AND SOIL PROPERTIES S. SURESH

12 EFFECT OF SOIL K NUTRITION ON MINERAL COMPOSITION AND FRUIT QUALITY OF APPLE (RED DELICIOUS) UNDER TEMPERATE CONDITIONS ANJUM RASHID AND N.A. KIRMANI

13 EFFECT OF FYM AND FE-ZN-S SUPPLEMENTATION ON YIELD AND QUALITY OF MULTICUT FORAGE SORGHUM (CV. SSG- 3) K.H. PATEL, N.K. KALYANASUNDARAM, B.T . SHETA, D.B. PANCHAL AND J.C. PATEL

14 CLAY MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITION OF SOME SOILS FROM EASTERN VIDARBHA REGION OF MAHARASHTRA IN RELATION TO SOIL PROPERTIES A.S. LAWHALE, P .A. DESHMUKH, A.S. BONDE, S.B. DESHMUKH AND R.T. RAGHUWANSHI

15 EFFECT OF NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT ON PRODUCTIVITY OF SESAME AND SOIL FERTILITY OF SANDY LOAM SOILS UNDER RAINFED CONDITION R.M. JAVIA, V .D.VORA G .S. SUTARIA, K.N.AKBARI AND D.R.P ADMANI

16 STUDY OF PROPAGATION METHODS AND SPACINGS ON QUALITY PARAMETERS AND YIELD OF BANANA VAR. BASRAI V .N. PATIL, B.C. CHAUDHARI AND H.B. PATIL

17 EFFECT OF SULPHUR, ZINC AND IRON ON GROWTH, YIELD AND NUTRIENT UPTAKE BY SAFFLOWER S. RAVI AND H.T . CHANNAL

18 RESPONSE OF COTTON TO DIFFERENT NITROGEN FERTILIZER SOURCES N.B.BABARIA, K.B. POLARA, N.K. TIMBADIA AND K.B. PARMAR

19 EFFECT OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OF NPK AND ZN ON YIELD AND NUTRIENT UPTAKE OF HYBRID MAIZE (COHM 5) (ZEA MAYSL.) IN MAYAMANKURUCHI (MYK) SERIES OF SOILS OF TAMIL NADU M. PARAMASIVAN, K.R. KUMARESAN, P . MALAR VIZHI, S. MAHIMAIRAJA AND K. VELAYUDHAM

20 WATER RETENTION CHARACTERISTICS OF SOILS IN A TOPOSEQUENCE OF CUMBUM VALLEY, TAMIL NADU T.ALAGU NAGENDRAN AND A.ANGAYARKANNI

21 RESPONSE OF OILSEED CROPS TO ENRICHED AND VERMICOMPOST ON VERTIC USTOCHREPTUNDER RAIN FED CONDITIONS K.N. AKBARI, G .S. SUTARIA, V .D. VORA, D.S. HIRPARA AND D. R. PADMANI

22 NITROGEN UPTAKE AND AVAILABLE NITROGEN CONTENT IN SOIL AS INFLUENCED BY GREEN MANURES AND NITROGEN LEVELS MOHAN CHAVAN, B.T . PUJARI, ASHOK SURWENSHI AND B.R. JALAGER

23 EFFECT OF NITROGEN, PHOSPHOROUS AND POTASH ON GROWTH AND BULB YIELD OF ONION (ALLIUM CEPAL.) M.S. DUDHAT, P. K. CHOVATIA, B.T. SHETA , H.D. RANK AND H.V. PARMAR

24 INFLUENCE OF PHOSPHORUS AND FYM ON CONTENT AND UPTAKE OF NUTRIENTS BY GROUNDNUT AND SOIL FERTILITY OF VERTIC USTOCHREPTS UNDER RAINFED CONDITIONS G .S. SUTARIA, K.N. AKBARI, V .D. VORA, D.S. HIRPARA AND D.R. P ADMANI

25 INFLUENCE OF ORGANICS AND LEVELS OF NPK ON YIELD AND MAJOR NUTRIENTS UPTAKE OF GROUNDNUT IN COASTAL SANDY OIL D. ELAYARAJA AND S. SINGARAVEL

26 EFFECT OF BIOFERTILIZERS ON CROP YIELD AND SOIL AVAILABLE NUTRIENTS OF RICE AND MAIZE IN ALFISOLS OF NAGARJUNA SAGAR LEFT CANAL COMMAND AREA OF ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA M. RAJESHWAR AND M.A.AARIFF KHAN

27 DYNAMICS OF NITROGEN FRACTIONS IN A CALCAREOUS VERTIC HAPLUSTEPTS UNDER AICRP-LTFE SOILS A.V. RAJANI, D.V. PATIL, B.M. BUTANI, J.N. NARIA AND B.A. GOLAKIYA

28 SEED YIELD AND OIL YIELD OF MESTA VARIETIES AS INFLUENCED BY SPACING AND NUTRIENT SOURCES K. PUSHPA AND R. KRISHNA MURTHY

29 EFFECT OF EXTRACTS OF VARIOUS PLANT PARTS ON SEED MYCOFLORA AND SEED GERMINATION OF CHILLI S.M. TELANG

30 DIVERSITY OF AM FUNGI IN DIFFERENT FARM SOILS SUCHITRA RAKESH, K. KUMUTHA AND D. BALACHANDAR

31 EFFECT OF NPK LEVELS ON THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS IN COASTAL SANDY SOIL G . VEMBU, R. SINGARAVEL AND S. KAMARAJ

32 EFFECT OF ORGANIC AND INORGANIC AMENDMENTS ON ABATEMENT OF INDUSTRIALLY POLLUTED SOILS GROWN WITH CASTOR CROP T . VENKA T A SRIDHAR, P . PRABHU PRASADINI AND A.UPENDRA RAO

33 INTEGRATED NITROGEN MANAGEMENT WITH VERMICOMPOST ON SOIL NITROGEN FRACTIONS IN ONION - RADISH CROPPING SYSTEM T . PRABHAKAR REDDY , G . PADMAJA AND P . CHANDRASEKHAR RAO

34 ENHANCEMENT IN THE PRODUCTIVITY OF RABI SORGHUM (SORGHUM BICOLORL.) UNDER DRYLAND CONDITION BY ADOPTING IN SITU MOISTURE CONSERVATION PRACTICES ON FARMERS FIELD S.K. UPADHYE , S.B. THORVE , D.B. BHANAVASE AND J.R. KADAM

35 EFFECT OF CLINOPTILOLITE ZEOLITE ON MUSHROOM GROWTH S.A. SHINDE, S.M. TELANG , S.S. PATIL AND M.M.V . BAIG

36 SUSTAINING CASTOR PRODUCTIVITY BY RELATIVE USE OF GREEN MANURES AND NITROGEN LEVELS MOHAN CHAVAN, B.T . PUJARI, ASHOK SUR WENSHI AND B.R. JALAGERI

37 SOIL ENZYME : CONCEPTS AND RELEVANCE IN SOIL HEALTH AND PRODUCTIVITY SWATI P . ZADE, S.R. KAMDIAND AND G .V . DEOGIRKAR

38 DYNAMICS OF PHOSPHORUS FRACTIONS IN A CALCAREOUS VERTIC HAPLUSTEPTS UNDER AICRP-LTFE SOILS A.V . RAJANI, D.V . P ATIL, H.K. SHOBHANA, J.N. NARIA AND B.A. GOLAKIYA

39 EFFECT OF INORGANIC AND BIOFERTILIZERS ON SOIL PHYSICO CHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND MICRONUTRIENT AVAILIBILITY IN STRAWBERRY (FRAGARIA × ANANASSA DUCH) Z.A. BABA, M.Y . ZARGAR AND S.A. MIR

40 INFLUENCE OF ORGANIC FERTILIZERS AND SULPHUR LEVELS ON YIELD, QUALITY AND ECONOMICS OF CLUSTERBEAN ( CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBA L. TAUB.) V.S. BAVISKAR, P.G. SHETE AND R.A. DASPUTE

41 EFFECT OF DIFFERENT LEVEL OF SULPHUR AND POTASSIUM ON GROWTH, YIELD AND YIELD ATTRIBUTES OF SESAME (SESAMUM INDICUML.) D.P . JADAV , D.R. PADAMANI, K.B. POLARA, K.B.PARMAR AND N.B.BABARIA

42 INFLUENCE OF FOLIAR APPLICATION OF GROWTH HORMONES AND FERTILIZERS ON THE FIELD AND ASCORBIC AND CONTENT IN CHILLI CV. PARBHANI TEJAS D.A. DESHMUKH, S.M. TELANG AND S.S. PATIL

43 QUALITY PARAMETERS AND PLANT NUTRIENT RATIOS OF FORAGE PEARL MILLET AS INFLUENCED BY NITROGEN, POTASSIUM AND SULPHUR LEVELS IN LOAMY SAND SOILS OF ANAND B.T . SHETA, N.K. KALYANASUNDARAM AND K.C. PATEL

44 DYNAMICS OF SULPHUR FRACTIONS IN A CALCAREOUS VERTIC HAPLUSTEPTS UNDER AICRP-LTFE SOILS A.V. RAJANI, D.V. PATIL, J.N. NARIA, B.M. BUTANI AND B.A. GOLAKIYA

45 BIO ASSAY OF DIFFERENT NATIVE ISOLATES OF AZOSPIRILLUM A.LALITA KUMARI AND G . SWARAJYA LAKSHMI

46 INFLUENCE OF CROP RESIDUE MULCH ALONG WITH NITROGEN LEVELS ON SOIL PRODUCTIVITY IN GROUNDNUT -PEARLMILLET SYSTEM UNDER RAINFED AGRICULTURE G.S. SUTARIA, V.D.VORA, K.N.AKBARI, D.S. HIRPARA AND D.R.PADMANI

47 INFLUENCE OF MICRONUTRIENTS FORTIFIED ORGANIC MANURES ON THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF RICE IN COASTAL SALINE SOIL S. KAMARAJ, R. SINGARAVEL, D. ELAYARAJA AND G . VEMBU

48 INFLUENCE OF LIQUID FERTILIZERS THROUGH DRIP IRRIGATION ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF SURU SUGARCANE B.C. CHAUDHARI, V .N. PATIL AND P .L. PATEL

49 EFFECT OF WEEDS AND THEIR COMPOST ON MICROBIAL BIOMASS AND NUTRIENT STATUS UNDER WATERLOGGED CONDITION R. KRISHNA MURTHY , H.R. RAVEENDRA AND M. SHOBHA RANI

50 INTERACTION EFFECT OF SULPHUR AND POTASSIUM ON YIELD AND NUTRIENTS UPTAKE BY SESAME (SESAMUM INDICUML.) D.P . JADAV , D.R. PADAMANI, K.B. POLARA,K.B.PARMAR AND N.B.BABARIA

51 EFFECT OF PROPAGATION METHODS AND SPACINGS ON NUTRIENT UPTAKE AND DRY MATTER ACCUMULATION OF BANANA CV. BASRAI V .N. PATIL, B.C. CHAUDHARI AND H.B. PATIL

52 EFFECT OF INTEGRATED NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT ON PRODUCTIVITY OF PEARL MILLET AND SOIL FERTILITY OF SANDY LOAM SOILS UNDER RAIN FED CONDITIONS K.K. KANZARIA, G .S.SUTARIA, K.N.AKBARI, V .D.VORA AND D.R.PADMANI

53 CHARACTERISTICS AND DISTRIBUTION OF ELEMENTS IN THE SEDIMENTS OF MANAKUDY ESTUARY SOUTH WEST COAST OF INDIA A. JEENA PEARL AND T .F . ABBAS FENREJI

54 YIELD ATTRIBUTES AND YIELD OF MUSTARD (BRASSICA JUNCEAL. CZERN AND COSS) AS AFFECTED BY SULPHUR LEVELS L.T . KAPUR, A.R. PATEL AND R.F . THAKOR

55 SOIL SUSTAINABILITY AND PRODUCTIVITY BY ALTERNATIVE CROPPING SEQUENCES TO SUGARCANE UNDER DIFFERENT IRRIGATION METHODS N.A. HIRWE

56 RELATIVE SALINITY TOLERANCE OF CHICK PEA (CICER ARIENTINUM) GENOTYPES K.B. POLARA, K.B. PARMAR, S.M. DADHANIA,N.K. TIMBADIA AND N.B.BABARIA

57 ENRICHMENT OF COMPOST BY BIO INOCULANTS AND NATURAL MINERAL AMENDMENTS K.N. AKBARI, V.D. VORA, G.S. SUTARIA, D.S. HIRPARA AND D.R. PADMANI