Micronutrients distribution in salt-affected soils of the Punjab in relation to soil properties

Available Micronutrients in Relation to Soil Properties of Ghatol Tehsil, Banswara District of Rajasthan, India

“…The crop productivity can be increased by utilizing the available basic information related to soil analysis, use of agro-ecosystem and management practices of soil. The improper nutrient management has led to emergence of multinutrient deficiencies in the Indian soils (Sharma, 2009). Keeping this in view, the present investigation was carried out to know the distribution of DTPA-Zn, Fe, Cu and Mn and their relationship with soil properties in Ghatol Tehsil.…”

“…Now-a-days, the agricultural productivity trends to decline due to increased removal of micronutrients resulting from adoption of high yielding varieties and intensive cropping to meet the ever increasing demand of food grains production along with the shift towards high analysis NPK fertilizers and limited use of organic manures during the last three decades (Mathur et al, 2006); Somasundaram et al, 2009;Sharma et al, 2009). Due to the pressure on soil for increasing productivity of the crops after the green revolution in India in 1960s, the native soils began depleting of their nutrient reserves and the crops started responding to micronutrient fertilizers in spite of balanced fertilization with major nutrients.…”

Nutrient Content and Uptake by Wheat (Triticum aestivum L) as Influenced by Iron and Zinc Enriched FYM in Salt Affected Soils of Gujarat

“…manures not only supply micronutrients but also influence the transformation of native micronutrients in soil, thereby enhancing their availability to crops (Pal et al, 2008;Meena et al, 2018). The contributions of soil organic matter to available pools of micronutrients are limited and thus, prone to deficiency of one or more micronutrients especially Zn and Fe in salt affected soils (Sharma et al, 2009). Straight or alone application of zinc and Fe fertilizer in normal soil increased the biological produce in mustard (Singh et al, 2010) and in pearl millet (Shukla et al, 2014).…”

Distribution of DTPA-extractable micronutrient cations (Zn, Fe, Mn, and Cu) and its relationship with physico-chemical properties in soils of Birbhum district, West Bengal

“…Micronutrient availability is greater in soils with heavy texture, high organic matter content and lower pH whereas, coarse textured soils such as sand have fewer reserve and tend to get depleted rather quickly (Yadav and Meena, 2009) [35] . Due to use of HYVs and intensive cropping along with application of high analysis primary nutrient fertilizers leads to decline micronutrient status in our soil system (Mathur et al, 2006) [17] ; Somasundaram et al, 2009 [30] ; Sharma et al, 2009) [27] . Keeping these in view and also lack of information on micronutrients status to identify the emerging micronutrient deficiency or toxicity in the soils of Birbhum district, therefore a comprehensive study was undertaken for evaluation of DTPA-extractable micronutrient cations (Zn, Cu, Mn, Fe) and its relationship with physico-chemical properties in soils of Birbhum district, West Bengal, which will be useful in judging the deficiency of various element and thereby use of efficient fertilizer management practices.…”