EVALUATION OF SOIL FERTILITY STATUS OF NAGRA BLOCK OF BALLIA DISTRICT OF UTTAR PRADESH

KRISHNA SINGH¹, ASHOK KUMAR SINGH²*, ANIL KUMAR SINGH^3
1Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science, Shri Murli Manohar Town P.G. College, Jananayak Chandrashekhar University, Ballia, 277001, India
²Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science, Shri Murli Manohar Town P.G. College, Jananayak Chandrashekhar University, Ballia, 277001, India
³Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science, Shri Murli Manohar Town P.G. College, Jananayak Chandrashekhar University, Ballia, 277001, India
* Corresponding Author : aksinghlk@rediffmail.com

Received : 09-06-2023     Accepted : 28-07-2023     Published : 30-07-2023
Volume : 15     Issue : 7       Pages : 12520 - 12522
Int J Agr Sci 15.7 (2023):12520-12522

Keywords : Soil organic Carbon, Available N, P, K, S, Nutrient index value
Academic Editor : Dr Mahipatsinh Rajput, Kishor Dhanpal Gharde, Dr Vijaya Lakshmi V, Sangita Warade
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Principal, Shri Murli Manohar Town P.G. College, Ballia, 277001 and Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science, Shri Murli Manohar Town P.G. College, Jananayak Chandrashekhar University, Ballia, 277001, Uttar Pradesh, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

30 village of Nagra block of Ballia district composite surface soil samples were collected for the study of physico-chemical and chemical properties of soil for nutrients index by used of standard procedure. Soil pH was slightly alkaline, E.C. in medium range and favourable, bulk density ranged from 1.27-1.54 Mgm-3, water holding capacity 40.60-46.93%, organic carbon from 0.33-0.98 % respectively. Soils of targeted villages were moderately calcareous (1.05-1.62% CaCO3), available N, P, K and S content in soil varied from 244.60-370.04 kgha-1, 9.01-15.23 kgha-1, 193.31-323.90 kgha-1 and 7.0-19.0 mgkg-1 range, respectively. The nutrient index value of available nitrogen 1.96, available phosphorus 1.1 and available potassium 2.3, respectively

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