Issues 2005-2010

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Soil resources inventory using remote sensing and GIS A case study in Kangeyam tract, Erode district, Tamil Nadu   D. Muthumanickam, P. Kannan, S. Natarajan, R. Sivasamy and R. Kumaraperumal

Soil resources inventory of lateritic terrain of Medak district, Andhra Pradesh for sustainable crop planning   B. A. Dhanorkar, K. V. Niranjana, Arti Koyal, L G. K. Naidu, R. S. Reddy and Dipak Sarkar

Characterization of some typical pedons in lower Vellar basin of Pudukottai district, Tamil Nadu   Somasundaram, S. Natarajan, K. K. Mathan, V. Arun Kumar and R. Sivasamy

Characterization and classification of soils of Nagarjunasagar catchment in Shorapur taluk of Gulbarga district, Karnataka state   R. L Ram, P. K. Sharma, P. Jha, S. N. Das and N. Ahmed

Characterization, classification and mapping of soils of Panja-Rao watershed, Saharanpur,Uttar Pradesh   S. K. Reza, Nayan Ahmed and Sharmistha Pal

Soil-site suitability evaluation for commonly growing crops in Yerpedu mandai of Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh   G. P. Leelavathi, M. V. S. Naidu, N. Ramavatharam and G. Karuna Sagar

Soil-site suitability evaluation of Alfisols for finger millet   H. S. Shivaramu and K. V. Niranjana

Effect of land use and bio-c1imatic system on organic carbon pool of shrink-swell soils in Vidarbha region, Maharashtra   S. P. Chivhane and T. Bhattacharyya

Productivity, economics and quality of henna (Lawsonia inermis L) as affected by spacing and nitrogen in semi-arid Lithic Calciorthids   S. S. Rao, P. L Regar and N. L Joshi

Crop water balance model for suggesting suitable crops on major soils of Cauvery delta of Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu   P. Kanllan, S. Natarajan, R. Sivasamy, R. Kumaraperumal and D. Muthumanickam

Critical limit of available boron for rice in red and laterite soils of West Bengal   P. Debnath, G. Chandra and S. K. Ghosh

Characterization of soils of a micro-watershed in eastern dry zone of Karnataka   K. S. Anil Kumar, Rajelldra Hegde and S. C. Rmnesh Kumar

Forms of potassium and their relationship with physico-chemical properties of acidic soils in Manipur state   Herojit Singh Athokpum, R. K. Umakanta Singh. Nandini Chongthum, R. K. Kumarji Singh and N. Gopimohan Singh

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Land resource data and its evaluation for village level land use planning   M. Sankar, R. Sivasamy and K. S. Dadhwal

Characterization and evaluation of land resources in Khapri village of Nagpur district, Maharashtra using high resolution satellite data and GIS   Shweta A. Ardak, M.S.S. Nagaraju, Jagdish Prasad, Rajeev Srivastava and A. K. Barthwal

Micro-level planning for optimum land use in a coastal area of West Bengal- A case study 19-29   K. D. Sah, Dipak Sarkar, A. Seal and D. S. Singh

Validation and application of WOFOST modelfor yield gap analysis in selected soils of Maharashtra 30-37   M. V. Venugopalan, P. Tiwary,. D. K. Mandai and O. Challa

Evaluation and comparison of ordinary kriging and inverse distance weighting methods for prediction of spatial variability of some chemical parameters of Dhalai district, Tripura   S. K. Reza, Dipak Sarkar, Utpal Baruah and T. H. Das

Forms of acidity in some acidic Inceptisois of southern Karnataka   B. C. Dhananjaya and R. Ananthanarayana

Effect of inorganic and organic sources on nutrients availability in a Vertisol   Risikesh Thakur, S. D. Sawarkar, D. L. Kauraw and Muneshwar Singh

Kinetics of decomposition of wheat straw and mineralisation of micronutrients in zinc-treated rice field   R. K. Prasad, Vipin Kumar, B. Prasad and A. P. Singh

Boron adsorption characteristics in temperate orchard soils of Jammu   Veena Sharma, Asim Kumar MandaI, A. K. Bhat and Pardeep Wali

Effect of INM on yield, quality and uptake of N, P and K by ginger   Libeni Yanthan, A. K. Singh and V. B. Singh

Distribution of DTPA-extractable micronutrient cations in some soils of Hot Dry Subhumid agro-ecological zone of West Bengal   Sudipta K. Ghosh, Pradeep K. Swain and Dipak Sarkar

Nutrient availability in soils as affected by physiography in Chittorgarh district, Rajasthan   H. B. Meena, J. D. Giri and H. K. Mishra

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Suitability assessment of soils occurring on different landforms of Chittorgarh district, Rajasthan   H. B. Meena, J. D. Giri and H. K. Mishra

Soils of Selsura research farm in Wardha district, Maharashtra and their suitability for crops   Jagdish Prasad, S. K. Ray, K. S. Gajbhiye and S. R. Singh

Physical and chemical properties of soils affecting drainage in Upper Wardha command area   A. R. Ghawade, P. R. Kadu and S. K. Ray

Soil acidity and exchange chemistry in soils of southern Karnataka   B. C. Dhananjaya and R. Ananthanarayana

K - Ca exchange equilibria in some Inceptisols of southern Karnataka   B. C. Dhananjaya and R. Ananthanarayana

Distribution of micronutrient cations in soils of Patloi Nala micro-watershed of Puruliya district, West Bengal   Sourav Ghosh, Dipak Sarkar and A. K. Sahoo

Population dynamics of YAM-fungi in temperate soils of Himachal Pradesh   V. K. Suri, Anil K. Chaudhary, Girish Chander, T. S. Verma, M. Srivastava and Sheoraj Singh

Modeling of soybean yield for sustainability based on rainfall and soil and plant relationships under semi-arid Vertisols in central India   Sanjay Sharma, G. R. Maruthi Sankar, H. C. Thakur and R.A. Sharma

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Characterization of soils of Kymore plateau and Satpura hills, Madhya Pradesh   P.N. Tripathi. S. D. Sawarkar and D. P. Dubey

Characteristics of coffee-growing soils and their organic carbon stocks in Karnataka state   Shalima Devi G. M. and K. S. Anil Kumar

Characterization, evaluation and management of Salai watershed in Nagpur district of Maharashtra using remote sensing and GIS techniques   D. Y. Kashiwar. M.S.S. Nagaraju, Rajeev Srivastava, Jagdish Prasad, V. Ramamurthy and A.K. Bartlzwal

Characterization of irrigated soils in Upper Wardha command area of Maharashtra   P. R. Kadu, S. R. Kanaskar and S. S. Baipande

Identification and delineation of suitable areas for mango, banana, citrus and cashew crops ill Andhra Pradesh   LG.K. Naidu, S. Srinivas. G. Subbi reddy, S. C. Ramesh Kumar and R. S. Reddy

Crop suitability for Char areas of Nalbari District, Assam   M. C. Talukdar, G. Goswami Kandali, A. Basumatary and A. K. Das

Development and evaluation of pedotransfer functions for saturated hydraulic conductivity of sea.wnally impounded clay soils   N. G. Patil, G. S. Rajput, R. B. Singh and S. R. Singh

Modeling soybean yield in different types of soils of Udaipur district, Rajasthan - A case study   Aditya Kumar Singh, R. S. Singh and S.P.S. Tanwar

Cation exchange capacity determination of soils wilhmethyiene blue exchange   Dipak Sarkar and Abhijit Haldar

Different forms of sulphur in soils of Udham Singh Nagar district, Uttarakhand and their relationship wilh soil properties   S. P. Singh, Room Singh, P. C. Srivastava and Pankaj Singh

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Characterization and classification of salt affected soils of Samni Farm, Bharuch district, Gujarat   Anil R. Chinchmalatpure, M. K. Khandelwal and G. Gururaja Rao

Characteristics and reclaimability of sodic soils in the alluvial plain of Etah district, Uttar Pradesh   R. C. Sharma. R. K. Saxena, K. S. Verma and A. K. Mandai

Soil suitability evaluation of turmeric in Wardha district of Maharashtra   D. K. Mandai, S. Khule, C. Mandai, Sohan Lal, T. N. Hajare and Jagadsh Prasad

Rejuvenation of abandonedjhum land in the hill region of Karbi Anglong district in Assam   K. Dey and N. Kalita

Distribution of potassium and clay minerals assemblage in some paddy soils of Lessar Himalayas   Mushtaq A. Wani and Raj Kumar

Soil moisture and optimum nitrogen requirement for sustainable productivity of sorghum grown in Vertisols of Solapur district, Maharashtra   G. R. Maruti Sankar, A. L. Pharande, A. N. Deshpande, U. S. Victor, G.Ravindra Chaty,K.P.R. Vittal and Y.S.Ramakrishna

Erodibility assessment of rubber-growing soils of Kerala, India   G. C. Satisha, A. Ulaganathan, M. Karthikakutty Amma and A.N. S. Nair

Measuring salinity with WET Sensor and characterization of salt affected Soils   Suresh Kumar, Gopal Krishan and S. K. Saha

Characterization and classification of coastal saline soils of Paradip, Orissa   D. R. Chaudhary, Arup Ghosh and Grish N. Boricha

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Land productivity and site-suitability assessment for crop diversification using remotely sensed data and GIS techniques   I. C. Sharma and Sanjeev K. Chaudhary

Nature of acidity in some soils of south Tripura   S. K. Gangopadhyay, T. Bhattacharyya and Dipak Sarkar

Carbon stock and its distribution in soils of Ajmer district and management strategies for carbon sequestration   D. Giri, S. K. Singh, R. S. Singh and R. L. Shyampura

Characterization of depositional soils in dynamic fluvial land forms of Majuli island for land use-related issues   B. P. Bhaskar, Utpal Baruah, S. Vadivelu and D. Sarkar

Sorption of boron in some foothill soils of north-west India   Sanjay Arora and D. S. Chahal

Monitoring soil quality changes in relation to land use and management in a watershed, Karnataka   S. C. Ramesh Kumar, S. Vadivelu, V. Ramamurthy, L. G. K. Naidu, R. S. Reddy, S. Srinivas, and A. K. Maji

Distribution of micronutrient cations in different physiographic units of semi-arid region of Punjab   V. K. Verma, R. K. Setia and P. K. Sharma

Calibrating pedotransfer functions to estimate soil hydro limits using limited data   N. G Pati!o G S. Rajput, R. K. Nema, R. B Singh

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Spatial variability analysis of some soil properties in the irrigation block of Sardar Sarovar canal command of Gujarat   nil R. Chinchmalatpure, A.K. Nayak, G. Gururaja Rao, M.K. Khandelwal, H.Y. Munshi and NK. Tyagi

Mapping of soil salinity and sodicity using digital image analysis and GIS in irrigated lands of the Indo-Gangetic Plain   R.C. Sharma and A.K. Mondal

Pedogenic distribution of iron and manganese in some Vertisols of Rajasthan   R.S. Singh, S.K. Singh, P.N Dubey and R.L. Shyampura

Potassium bearing minerals in some soils of semi-arid (Haryana) and humid (Assam) regions of India   S. Dutta and A. V. Shanwal

Transformation of different forms of sulphur in an Alfisol under laboratory and field conditions with maize (Zea mays L.)   B.C. Dhanajaya and B. Basavaraj

Land suitability for grape cultivation and its economic evaluation in Rajanukunte watershed, Karnataka   .C. Ramesh Kumar, S. Vadivelu, R.S. Reddy, L.G.K. Naidu, Rajendra Hegde and S. Srinivas

Development of land quality indices from edaphological data - a case study in shrink-swell soils of central India   D.K. Mandal, C. Mandal, O. Challa and Jagdish Prasad

Influence of mulch on soil hydrothermal regimes, leaf and soil nutrient concentrations, growth and fruit yield of brinjal grown under arid ecosystem   I.S. Singh, O.P. Awasthi and S.R. Meena

Optimisation of nutrient application for yield maximisation of rice under submerged soil condition in Patna district of Bihar   B. Saha, L.K. Prasad, A. Haris and R.K. Batta

Response of rice to applied P in soils of Pahargaon series in Andaman and Nicobar Islands   A.N Ganeshamurthy, Ganauri Singh, A.K. Nair, R. Dinesh and NR. Avisankar

Characterization of some salt-affected soils of Amethi, Uttar Pradesh   D.R. Chaudhary, Arup Ghosh, M.K. Sharma and J. Chikara

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Methodology for correlation of soil series in soil survey and mapping   R.S. Reddy

Pedogenetic processes in a shrink-swell soil of Central India   D.K. Pal, T. Bhattacharyya, P. Chandran, S.K. Ray, P.L.A. Satyavathi, P. Raja, U.K. Maurya and M. V. Paranjape

Characterisation of acidity under different land use patterns in Tarai soils of West Bengal   G.K. Mondal, S.K. Pal and A. Roy

Vertical distribution and dynamics of iron, manganese and aluminium in rice soils of Kuttanad, Kerala   K.C. Manorama Thampatti and A.I, Jose

Influence of calcium on distribution of different forms of iron in Vertisols   Reshmi Sarkar, B. Basavaraj and Sandipta Kar

Changes in DTPA-extractable micronutrients under long term differential fertilization at various growth stages of wheat   R.K. Setia, K.N. Sharma and Dinesh Kumar

Need for refinement of agro-technologies in NARP zones - a case study of Karnataka   L.G.K. Naidu and S. Srinivas

Effect of phosphates on yield and nutrient uptake in paddy   G. Kishore Babu and B. V. Seshaiah

Effect of phosphorus levels on phosphorus, potassium, calcium and magnesium content and seed yield of safflower genotypes   I. Y.L.N. Murthy

Distribution of molybdenum and boron in some soils of northern alluvial plain of UP and Uttaranchal in relation to soil characteristics   Peeyush Mishra, S.K. Singh, P.e. Srivastava and Sobaran Singh

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Modelling Highly Weathered Ferruginous Soils of Tropical India   D.K. Pal

Characterization of soils of Amensis Sub- catchment of Rima Watershed in Western Hararghe Region, Ethiopia   Heluf Gebrekidan and B. B.Mishra

Productivity and irritability classification of some basaltic soils in toposequence: A case study of Amensis sub-catchment at Hirna watershed in Western Hararghe, Ethiopia   Heluf Gebrekidan, B.B. Mishra and Jens. B. Aune

Soil survey interpretation of salt affected black soils of Jambusar taluka of Bharuch district of Gujarat State for suggested land use planning   Anil R. Chinchmalatpure, A. K. Nayak and G. Gururaja Rao

Characterization, genesis and classification of rice soils of Eastern Region of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh   S. Singh and H.P. Agrawal

Resource appraisal of Damodar Catchment (part) in8rddhaman district, West Bengal   T.H. Das, Dipak Sarkar and R. Bera

Vertical distribution of micronutrient cations in a basaltic terrain of Rajasthan in relation to soil properties   S.S. Sharma, K.L. Totawat and R.L. Shyampura

Characterization, classification and evaluation of soils in Chandragiri mandai of Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh   D. Basava Raju, M. V.S. Naidu, N. Ramavatharam, K. Venkaiah G. Rama Rao and K.S. Reedy

Land Evaluation for rapeseed/mustard in Nagaon district, Assam   Utpal Baruah, B.P. Bhaskar, S. Vadivelu, and J.P. Mishra

Micronutrient distribution in soils developed on diffe.ent physiographic units of Fatehgarh Sahib district of Punjab   V.K. Verma, R.K. Setia, P.K. Sharma, Charanjit Singh and Ashok Kumar

Soil-site suitability evaluation of hot arid western plain soils of Rajasthan   Shashi S. Yadav, B.N. Swami, R.L. Shyampura and J. D. Giri