THE EFFECT OF SOIL AMENDMENTS ON PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF SANDY SOILS

BHANU CHANDAR DEGALA¹, MONISHA PERLI²*, BHASKARA RAO IJJUROUTHU^3
1Department of Applied Engineering, Vignan Foundation for Science, Technology and Research, Vadlamudi, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh 522213, India
²Department of Applied Engineering, Vignan Foundation for Science, Technology and Research, Vadlamudi, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh 522213, India
³Department of Soil and Water Engineering, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Guntur, Bapatla, Andhra Pradesh 522101
* Corresponding Author : monishaperli@gmail.com

Received : 27-01-2018     Accepted : 06-02-2018     Published : 15-02-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 3       Pages : 5095 - 5098
Int J Agr Sci 10.3 (2018):5095-5098
DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.9735/0975-3710.10.3.5095-5098

Keywords : Sandy Soils, Soil amendments, Aquasorb, Hydraulic conductivity
Academic Editor : Abhishek Raj, B. Tas, Dr K S Vinayaka
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author are thankful to College of Agricultural Engineering, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Guntur, Bapatla, Andhra Pradesh 522101
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

Soil can be an excellent temporary storage medium for water, depending on the type and condition of the soil. In coastal sandy soil having high infiltration rate and poor water holding capacity. Soil amendments have significant effect on different properties of the soil. They may increase the field capacity and hydraulic conductivity, decrease infiltration rates and bulk density Soil parameters of the crop was significantly affected by the application of the soil amendment like silt and aquasorb and showed an increment of 25% in field capacity and 95% of the Hydraulic conductivity. And there is a decrease in about 45% of infiltration rates. The good values of field capacity, bulk density infiltration and hydraulic conductivity was obtained when compared with control i.e., in coastal sandy soils 25% of field capacity, 95% of hydraulic conductivity, 45% of infiltration rate shows the significant percentage of the soil physical parameters.

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