ISSN : 0975-3710
EISSN : 0975-9107
S.G. ZALTE1*, S.M. BHOYAR2, P.W. DESHMUKH3, S.D. ZODGE4
1Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, 444104, Maharashtra, India
2Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, 444104, Maharashtra, India
3Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, 444104, Maharashtra, India
4Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, 444104, Maharashtra, India
* Corresponding Author : sainathzalte@gmail.com
Received : 02-03-2019 Accepted : 12-03-2019 Published : 15-03-2019
Volume : 11 Issue : 5 Pages : 7974 - 7978
Int J Agr Sci 11.5 (2019):7974-7978
Keywords : Eroded vally, soil morphology, cropping system, Korku, Melghat
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, 444104, Maharashtra, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed
The Present study was undertaken in Chikhaldara tahsil of Maharashtra State during the year 2015-17. This area is also known as Melghat region, which is located in the physiographic unit i.e. eroded valley with the elevation of 320 - 1100 meters above mean sea level. Korku is the dominant tribes inhabited in this forest region and have small land holding adjoining to forest. Remote sensing data was used for preparation of basemap by using toposheets on 1:50000 scale. The data on natural resources such as climate, soil-site characteristics and land use system aspect were collected. Twenty spot were selected on different land use system based on single crop, double crop, scrubland, forest land and fallow land. Chikhaldara lies between 21°13′ and 21°21’ North latitudes and 77°43′ and 77°72’ East longitudes and has an annual rainfall of 154cm. Temperature varies from 39°C in summer to 5°C in winter. The soils were developed on weathered basalt with moderately well drained to well drained. The soils were very gently to steep sloping with moderately to very severe erosion. The soils are dark reddish brown to dark brown with shallow to medium deep in depth and structure were angular blocky to sub angular blocky. The existing land use system by tribes is sorghum, tur, Kutki, paddy, soybean, green gram, cotton, orange, strawberry, potato and mango.
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