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Appraisal of available sulphur and micronutrient status in southwest plain zone soils of Agra, Uttar Pradesh

Article Id: 016 | Page : 80-83
Citation :- Appraisal of available sulphur and micronutrient status in southwest plain zone soils of Agra, Uttar Pradesh. Crop Res. 48: 80-83
D. D. Tiwari, Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, S. B. Pandey nirmalkatiyar83@gmail.com
Address : Department of Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur-208 002, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Abstract

Two hundred GPS based surface soil samples, taken from a soil depth of 0–15 cm from all 15 blocks of district Agra, Uttar Pradesh covering a distance of 5 km each, were collected during April and May 2010. The available S, Zn, Fe, Cu, Mn and B were analyzed in the collected soil samples. The results indicated that all the blocks showed the deficiencies of S, Zn and B to the extent of 17 to 33%, 14 to 50% and 14 to 33%, respectively. Striking the block Pinahat (66%) and Fatehpur Sikri (33%) were deficient with available iron. Considering the Agra district as a whole, the deficiencies of S, Zn, B and Fe were 25.0, 34.0, 24.0 and 9.50%, respectively. No deficiencies of Cu and Mn were observed under study.

Keywords

GPS  Micronutrients  Sulphur.

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