Soil health assessment under protected cultivation of vegetable crops in North West Himalayas

Chandel, Sumita; Tripathi, Deepika; Kakar, Ridham

doi:10.22438/jeb/38/1/mrn-934

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“…The lowest available soil potassium level was found in open field cultivation (143.13 kg ha -1 ). The result of available soil potassium is similar to the findings of research conducted in Ludhiana, India (Chandel et al, 2017). They found increased available soil potassium in protected cultivation of vegetables than in open field cultivation.…”

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“…The lowest soil organic matter was found in open field cultivation (3.2%). The result of soil organic matter is similar to the findings of research conducted in Ludhiana, India(Chandel et al, 2017). They found increased soil organic matter in protected cultivation of vegetables than in open field cultivation.…”

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“…The physical, chemical and biological properties of soil are paramount to crop Yield. Polyhouse vegetable Cultivation affects soil Nutrients availability more than the open field conditions (Chandel et al, 2017). Nitrogen and Potassium were found as the most limiting nutrient per the rice cultivation requirement.…”

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“…Protected cultivation is best for quality to produce, pest and disease prevention and off-season vegetable production. Soil health degradation of polyhouse is emerging as a potential threat due to intensive cultivation and injudicious use of fertilizers (Chandel et al, 2017). The intensivecropping system, inadequate or excessive irrigation and tillage, inadequate use of fertilizers along with lack of addition of SOM cause soil nutrient fluctuations (Zhang et al, 2012).…”

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“…Farmers have little knowledge about soil nutrients and the dose of fertilizers application practising protected cultivation and open field cultivation of vegetable crops. A wide nutrient gap between demand and supply in protected vegetable cultivation and open-field vegetable cultivation was observed (Chandel et al, 2017). No research has ever been carried out in the study area in Tanahun district to determine Soil Nutrients Status in the Protected Cultivation (poly houses and polytunnels) and open field cultivation of vegetables in the Vegetables Block of Tanahun District, Nepal.…”

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Effects of Protected Vegetable Crops Cultivation on Soil Nutrients Status in Tanahun District, Nepal

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Yadav²,

Sharma³

et al. 2022

Plant. phy. Soil. Chem.

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A study was conducted to assess protected vegetable crop cultivation effects on soil nutrients status in Byas municipality of Tanahun, Nepal. For the study, polytunnel and playhouse were taken as treatments of protected vegetable crops cultivation, which was compared with open field cultivation, considered as control. Soil samples from each plot were sampled from 11 polytunnels, 11 polyhouses and 11 open fields consisting a total of 33 composite soil samples through stratified random sampling techniques from 20 cm soil depth in each plot. Analysis of soil samples was done in the laboratory for chemical properties. MS-Excel and R-Studio were used for data analysis. The results showed that soil nitrogen was 0.25% in the polytunnel, 0.18% in the polyhouse and 0.15% in the open field. Similarly, available potassium was 475.99 kg/ha in the polytunnel, 281.73kg/ha in the polyhouse and 143.13 kg/ha in the open field. Likewise, Available phosphorus was 266.8 kg/ha in the polytunnel, 239.84 kg/ha in the polyhouse and 140.06 kg/ha in the open field. Soil organic matter was found at 5.1% in the polytunnel, 3.6% in the polyhouse and 3.2% in the open field. Soil pH was found 6.9 in the polytunnel, 6.8 in polyhouse and 6.6 in the open field which showed slightly acidic or neutral soil pH. The research findings showed that soil nitrogen, available phosphorus and potassium and soil organic matter were maximum in polytunnels followed by polyhouses whereas open fields had minimum soil nutrient contents. Hence, it was concluded that protected vegetable crop cultivation had direct effects on soil nutrient status. It showed a vital role in the prevention of soil nutrients loss and management of soil fertility status in vegetable crops cultivation areas in mid-hills.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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