Evaluation of Agricultural Soil Quality in Khandesh Region of Maharashtra, India

Being agronomy as a major profession, soil and water are key resources for the Indian subcontinent. Modern agro practices and anthropogenic human activities are mainly responsible for degradation of agricultural soil. The present investigation deals with the cultivated soil quality in the Khandesh r...

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Published inNature environment and pollution technology Vol. 17; no. 4; pp. 1147 - 1160
Main Authors Ingle, S T, Patil, S N, Kolhe, P M, Marathe, N P, Kachate, N R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Karad Technoscience Publications 01.12.2018
Subjects
Adsorption
Agricultural land
Agriculture
Agronomy
Anthropogenic factors
Aquifers
Calcium
Cation exchanging
Cations
Cotton
Data analysis
Data processing
Environmental degradation
Environmental monitoring
Fertilizers
Global positioning systems
GPS
Groundwater
Human behavior
Human influences
Irrigation
Laboratories
Magnesium
Minerals
Moisture content
Monsoons
Potassium
Productivity
Quality
R&D
Regression analysis
Research & development
Salinity
Sodium
Soil analysis
Soil degradation
Soil fertility
Soil investigations
Soil properties
Soil quality
Soil remediation
Soil testing
Soil water
Statistical analysis
Statistical methods
Wind
Maharashtra India
India
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Summary:Being agronomy as a major profession, soil and water are key resources for the Indian subcontinent. Modern agro practices and anthropogenic human activities are mainly responsible for degradation of agricultural soil. The present investigation deals with the cultivated soil quality in the Khandesh region of Maharashtra state. The study area comprises Jalgaon, Dhule and Nandurbar districts of Khandesh region. The soil quality analysis was conducted over three districts of the region. Total 108 soil samples were collected and processed for physicochemical characterization. The results were processed with linear regression with respect to pre-monsoon and post-monsoon, EC-SAR graphs with 95% CI and PI, ESP-SAR model, Bland-Altman plot and ternary diagrams. The statistical tools viz. one variable statistics, a coefficient of correlation and other ratios were applied for the data analysis. The result shows, calcium, sodium and potassium concentrations are under the prescribed limit. However, magnesium concentration is between 836.77 and 1762.63 mg/kg, which is high as compared to other exchangeable cations. Finally, the results show unbalancing of soil minerals with higher salinity in the area. Regular monitoring and remediation will help to maintain soil quality of the area in the near future.
ISSN:0972-6268
2395-3454