SOIL MACRO- AND MICRO- NUTRIENT STATUS OF CHANDEL DISTRICT, MANIPUR-INDIA

SONAMANI SINGH KANGJAM¹, HARIBHUSHAN ATHOKPAM²*, AKOIJAM SOMORJIT SINGH^3
1ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra (Farm Science Centre), Chandel District, P.O. Chandel, Manipur, 795129, India
²ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra (Farm Science Centre), Senapati District, P.O. Kangpokpi, Manipur, 795129, India
³Department of Horticulture and Soil Conservation, Churachandpur District, P.O. Tuibong, Manipur, 795128, India
* Corresponding Author : athokpamharibhushan@yahoo.com

Received : 25-12-2016     Accepted : 31-12-2016     Published : 30-03-2017
Volume : 9     Issue : 15       Pages : 4107 - 4109
Int J Agr Sci 9.15 (2017):4107-4109

Keywords : Diethyline triamine pentaacetic acid, Zinc, Copper, Manganese, Iron and boron
Academic Editor : Nimat Syed
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : The authors are especially gratefully to Dr. S.V. Ngachan, Director, ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region and ATARI, Zone-III, for their valuable suggestions and financial support during the course of investigation
Author Contribution : All the authors contributed equally

An experiment examining the macro-and micro-nutrients of various soils of Chandel district, Manipur (India) was conducted to investigate the soil fertility and micro-nutrient position and association between them. Surface soil (0 to 30 cm) was examined for diethylene-triaminepentaacetate (DTPA) - extractable soils. The mean values for DTPA-extractable Zn, Cu, Mn, Fe and hot water extractable B in relation to some chemical properties in 26 representative soils. The mean values for DTPA-extractable Zn, Cu, Mn, Fe and hot water extractable B were 0.23, 0.55, 8.87, 22.93 and 0.48 mg kg-1, respectively. Existing mean values of N, P2O5, K2O and SO4-S were 495.7, 15.6, 241.3 and 1.7 kg ha-1, respectively. Allocation of Zn, Cu, Mn, Fe and B were inclined optimistically by pH, EC and Soil organic carbon content. Our investigation resulted in the fact that micro- nutrient cations were considerably associated with each other signifying the vibrant symmetry between them. Each soil sample was adequate in available micro- nutrient cations excluding zinc.

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