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AN ASIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Volume 7 Issue 2, Dec. 2012

Research papers published in this issue.

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1 CRITICAL LIMIT OF SULPHUR FOR MUSTARD IN ALFISOLS AND ULTISOLS OF JHARKHAND BRAJENDRA, L.M. SHUKLA, B.S. KHERAWAT AND MUNNA LAL

2 A STUDY OF HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION IN THE URBAN SOIL OF DINDIGUL TOWN, TAMIL NADU- D. SARALA THAMBA VANI AND V . PRATHIPA

3 EFFECT OF INMAND PANCHAGAVYAON MICRONUTRIENT CONCENTRATION AND YIELD OF ASHWAGANDHA (WITHANIA SOMNIFERAL.) - B. VAJANTHA, M. UMADEVI, M.C. PA TNAIK AND M. RAJKUMAR

4 EFFECT OF NITROGEN AND SULPHUR ON QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS AND ACCUMULATION OF SOME FATTY ACIDS IN MUSTARD SEEDS GROWN UNDER LOAMY SAND SOIL OF NORTH GUJARAT -J. K. PARMAR AND R.M. PARMAR

5 PHOSPHOCOMPOST INFLUENCES NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY, YIELD AND QUALITY OF RICE (ORYZA SATIVA) AJA YKUMAR RAI, M. M. VERMA AND NIRMALDE

6 RESPONSE TO SILICON FERTILIZATION BY PADDY IN TYPIC USTOCHREPT (GORADU) SOILS OF MIDDLE GUJARAT JUGALK. MALA V , K.C. PATEL AND RAV A. PATEL

7 BIOSURFACTANT PRODUCING DIAZOTROPH AZOTOBACTER SALINESTRISISOLATED FROM NORTH GUJARAT P .H. PATEL, J.P . PATEL AND S.A. BHATT

8 EFFECT OF DIFFERENT ORGANIC SOURCES ON BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF SOIL, NUTRIENT UPTAKE, QUALITY AND YIELD OF SOYBEAN DARSHANA U. PA TIL, G . S. LAHARIA AND P .R. DAMRE

9 PERSISTENCE OF ACETAMIPRID IN SELECTED SOILS OF KARNATAKA B.C. PUNITHA, T .H. HANUMANTHARAJU, R. JA Y APRAKASH AND V . M. SHILP ASHREE

10 ACCELERATED COMPOSTING TECHNIQUE FOR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES RECYCLING IN INDIA M. C. MANNA AND ASHA SAHU

11 CRITICAL LIMIT OF SULPHUR FOR SAFFLOWER IN ALFISOLS AND ULTISOLS OF JHARKHAND BRAJENDRA, L.M. SHUKLA, B.S. KHERA W A T AND MUNNA LAL

12 INFLUENCE OF DIFFERENT WATER REGIMES AND NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PRACTICE FOR RICE PRODUCTION K. COUMARA VEL AND A. BASKAR

13 EFFECT OF ACETAMIPRID ON ENZYME ACTVITIY IN SELECTED SOILS OF KARNATAKA B.C. PUNITHA, T.H. HANUMANTHARAJU, R. JA Y APRAKASH AND V . M. SHILP ASHREE

14 EFFECT OF SOWING DATES ON POTASH LEVELS IN CHICKPEA R. D. KAMBALE, R. P . ANDHALE, J.D. JADHA V AND P .B. PAWAR

15 EFFECT OF FOLIAR APPLICATION OF SECONDARY AND MICRO NUTRIENTS ON YIELD AND QUALITY OF TOMATO T .S. PUNITH RAJ, M.S. NAGARAJA, PRABHUDEV DHUMGOND, SHARANBHOOP AL REDDY AND K.M. SHIVA KUMAR

16 EFFECT OF DIFFERENT DOSES OF DISTILLERY SPENTWASH ON LEACHING USING COLUMN STUDY D. JANAKI AND V . VELU

17 THE EFFECT OF NUTRISEED PACK APPLICATION ON MAIZE YIELD AND ITS COMPONENTS K. RADHIKA, K. ARULMOZHISEL V AN, V . VELU, S. MAHIMAIRAJA ANDK. KUMAR

18 DISTRIBUTION OF AVAILABLE MICRONUTRIENTS AS RELATED TO THE SOIL CHARACTERISTICS IN MALWA PLATEAU REGION IN SOUTHERN RAJASTHAN R. H. MEENA, J. D. GIRI, S. R. CHOUDHAR Y AND R.L. SHYAMPURA

19 COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL VARIABLES OF ASSURED AND LESS IRRIGATED AREAS AT ALIGARH DISTRICT IN UTTAR PRADESH RUPENDRA KUMAR , H.P . SINGH AND S.S.CHAUHAN

20 DISTRIBUTION OF VARIOUS FORMS OF POTASSIUM IN INCEPTISOLOF BALODA BLOCK IN JANJGIR DISTRICT OF CHHATTISGARH G . K. JATAV AND D. K. DEWANGAN

21 APPLICATION OF REMOTE SENSING IN CHARACTERIZATION AND MAPPING OF SOIL RESOURCES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT V . ARUNKUMAR

22 INFLUENCE OF PHOSPHORUS AND SULPHUR ON YIELD AND NUTRIENT UPTAKE BY SUMMER CLUSTER BEAN GROWN ON TYPIC USTOCHREPT OF ANAND R.P . KARCHE, M.R. DAL W ADI, J.C. PA TEL, V .P . GAIKW AD ANDD.B. PANCHAL

23 EFFECT OF NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTATION AND MICROBIAL INOCULATION ON ENRICHMENT OF VERMICOMPOST USING EARTHWORM (EISENIA FOETIDASAV.) B. NANDI, S.C. BHANDARI AND R. H. MEENA

24 RESPONSE OF PHOSPHORUS AND SULPHUR APPLICATION ON YIELD QUALITY, NUTRIENT CONTENT AND NUTRIENT STATUS OF SOIL BY CLUSTER BEAN GROWN ON TYPIC USTOCHREPT OF ANAND R.P . KARCHE, M.R. DAL W ADI, J.C. PA TEL, B.V . HIRP ARA AND D.B. PANCHAL

25 EFFECT OF DIFFERENT METHODS OF ZINC APPLICATION ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.) L. ASHA, H.M. CHIDANANDAPP A, P . VEERANAGAPP A AND T .S. PUNITH RAJ

26 EFFECT OF FYM, BIOFERTILIZERS AND ZINC ON MICROBIAL BIOMASS AND ENZYME ACTIVITY IN SOIL AT 30 DAS OF MAIZE R.S. FAUJDAR AND MAHENDRASHARMA

27 IMPACT OF MOTH BEAN VARIETY RMO-40 AT FARMERS FIELD UDER HYPER ARID CONDITION OF REAL THAR DESERT O.P . MEENA, R.K. MEENA, R.P . GHASOLIA AND R.H. MEENA

28 PACKAGE OF NUTRIENTS APPLICATION FOR RAVINOUS LAND OF BUNDELKHAND ON WATERSHED BASIS R.A. SINGH, M.K. SINGH, S.B. PAL, JITENDRA SINGH AND JITENDRA SINGH

29 EFFECT OF VARYING DOSES OF LIME ON YIELD AND ATTRIBUTES OF MAIZE IN MIZORAM A.K. VISHW AKARMA, BRAJENDRA, K.A. P A THAK AND B.S. KHERA W A T

30 SOIL-SITE SUITABILITY FOR MAJOR CROPS IN RENIGUNTA MANDAL OF CHITTOOR DISTRICT IN ANDHRA PRADESH S. SEL V ARAJ AND M.V .S. NAIDU

31 MONITORING SUSTAINABILITY OF RECLAMATION OF SODIC SOILS AT PLOT LEVEL USING HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITE DATA A. K. SINGH AND S. K SINGH

32 STRATEGIES OF HEAVY METAL UPTAKE BY PLANTS GROWING UNDER URBAN ENVIRONMENT D. SARALA THAMBA V ANI AND V . PRATHIPA

33 RELATIVE PERFORMANCE OF NEEM COATED UREA VIZ-A-VIZORDINARY UREA APPLIED TO RICE-WHEAT CROPPING IN SUB-TROPICAL SOILS RAJAN BHA TT

34 EFFICIENCY OF MICROBIAL POPULATION IN RHIZOSPHERE AT DIFFERENT GROWTH STAGES OF PADDY IN VERTISOL OF CHHATTISGARH RAKESH KUMAR BHAGA T AND DEVENDRA KUMAR DEW ANGAN

35 SOIL TEST BASED FERTILIZER REQUIREMENT FOR SPECIFIC YIELD TARGETS OF SUMMER PEARLMILLET IN VERTIC USTOCREPTS H. L. SAKAR V ADIA, B. A. GOLAKIY A, K. B. PARMAR, K. B. POLARA ANDP . I. JETP ARA

36 SOIL FERTILITY STATUS OF TOMATO (LYCOPERSIACON ESCULENTUM, MILL) GROWN IN AREAS OF HASSAN DISTRICT, KARNATAKA T .S. PUNITH RAJ, M. S. NAGARAJA, PRABHUDEVDHUMGOND, SHARAN BHOOP AL REDDY AND K.M. SHIV AKUMAR

37 EFFECT OF NITROGEN AND POTASSIUM ON YIELD, YIELD ATTRIBUTES AND QUALITY OF SUMMER PEARLMILLET H. L. SAKAR V ADIA, B. A. GOLAKIY A, K. B. PARMAR, K. B. POLARA AND P . I. JETP ARA

38 FRONT LINE DEMONSTRATION – AN EFFECTIVE TOOL FOR INCREASING THE PRODUCTIVITY OF SUMMER MOONG IN AMRITSAR DISTRICT OF PUNJAB JAGMOHAN SINGH, B.S. DHILLON, ASTHA AND PAR VINDER SINGH

39 RESPONSE OF DIFFERENT ORGANIC MANURES AND SPACING ON GROWTH, YIELD, QUALITY AND ECONOMICS OF KALMEGH PANCHANG UNDER LOAMY SAND OF INCEPTISOL OF ANAND D. H. PA TEL, B.V . HIRP ARA, S.A. PA TEL, D. B. PANCHAL AND PARUL MAKWANA

40 EFFECT OF POTASSIUM AND ZINC ON GROWTH, YIELD, QUALITY PARAMETERS AND NUTRIENT UPTAKE BY BT COTTON H. L. SAKAR V ADIA, K. B. POLARA, R. L. DA V ARIA, K. B. P ARMAR ANDN. B. BABARIYA

41 PHSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF SURFACE SOILS IN ARECANUT GROWING REGION OF SOUTHERN KARNATAKA (NON-TRADITIONAL) R. JA Y APRAKASH, Y . VISHW ANA TH SHETTY , B.C. PUNITHA AND V .M. SHILP ASHREE

42 EFFECT OF MULCH AND IRRIGATION ON HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY, INFILTRATION RATE, WATER STABLE AGGREGATES, WATER USE EFFICIENCY AND YIELD OF SUGARCANE RAJESH KUMAR AND UDA YSHANKER MALL

43 INFLUENCE OF ORGANIC AND INORGANIC FERTILIZERS ON GROWTH, YIELD, QUALITY OF SOYBEAN [GLYCINE MAX (L.) MERRIL] AND SOIL PROPERTIES S. D. BACHHA V , S. H. P A TEL AND P . K. SURYAWANSHI

44 MANAGEMENT OF ZINC FERTILIZER FOR SUSTAINABLE WHEAT [TRITICUM AESTVUM (L.)] PRODUCTION ON SOIL TEST VALUE OF ZINC IN USTIPSAMMENT SOILS OF RAJASTHAN D. K. P AREEK, R. B. KHANDEL W AL AND CHANDRA DEO

45 SOIL TEST BASED FERTILIZER RECOMMENDATION FOR ONION (ALLIUM CEPAL.) IN SAURASHTRA REGION OF GUJARAT K. B. POLARA, T . M. HADIY AL, N. B. BABARIY A, H. L. SAKA V ADIA ANDK. B. P ARMAR

46 ROLE OF SULTON APPLICATION ON DIFFERENT CROPS UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE R. A. SINGH AND P .K. RATHI

47 REMOTE SENSING IN AGRICULTURE AND SOIL RESOURCES A. K. SINGH

48 EXTENT OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION PRACTICES BY THE FARMERS IN WATERSHED DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA I. M. TAMBOLI , B. M. THOMBRE AND J.M. DESHMUKH

49 NUTRIENT UPTAKE AND ITS AVAILABILITY AS INFLUENCED BY PLANT GEOMETRY IN BT COTTON V .V . DAHIPHALE, P .L.GHULE, J.D. JADHA V AND D.K. PAL VE

50 STATUS OF MAJOR NUTRIENTS IN SOILS OF RAYA ORCHARD UNDER RAINFED CONDITION VIJAY KUMAR AND PRIYANKA SOHAN

51 AVAILABILITY OF PHOSPHORUS FROM ROCK PHOSPHATE INFLUENCED BY SULPHURE AND MICROBES IN INCEPTISOL R.B. NAZIRKAR, SMIT A P . RAKHUNDE AND RITU THAKARE

52 SOIL TEST BASED FERTILIZER RECOMMENDATION FOR TARGETED YIELDS OF GARLIC CROP H. L. SAKAR V ADIA, K. B. POLARA, R. L. DA V ARIA, K. B. P ARMAR ANDN. B. BABARIYA

53 MONITORING AND MODELING OF BAGHIN RIVER BASIN PART OF UTTAR PRADESH USING REMOTE SENSING AND GIS TECHNIQUES DILIPKUMAR, B. S. KHERA W A T , P .P . SINGH YADA V , MUNNA LAL, RAJESH KUMAR AND SUSHI LKUMAR

54 ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF UNDERGROUND WATER QUALITY IN DIFFERENT LAND SLOPES OF CALCAREOUS SOILS H. P . PA TEL, S. G . SA V ALIA AND M. C. CHOPADA