Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science
VOLUME: 47, NUMBER:1, MARCH 1999
Natural resource management for sustainable agricultural production..................................... I
Water retention and transmission characteristics of Main Right Bank Canal Command
area of Gujarat. RAVENDER SINGH AND A.K. NAYAK..................................................... 9
Models to predict water retention of Iraqi soils.T.H. KARFM .................................................. 16
Influence of irrigation and nitrogen on yield, total water expense and water expense efficiency
of potato in Lahaul Valley of Himalayas. RAMNIK SHARMA, Y.P. DUBEY AND B .P.
KAISTHA............................................................................................................................... 19
Influence of initial profile water status and nitrogen doses on yield and evapotranspiration
rate of dryland barley. S. SARKAR, S.K. SINGH, S.R. SINGH AND A.P. SINGH ................ 22
Effect of depth, bulk density and aeration status of root zone on productivity of wheat.
LAV BHUSHAN AND PRADEEPK. SHARMA ................................................................... 29
Phosphate sorption-desorption characteristics of some acidic soils. S. SAHA, A. DATTA
AND S.K. SANYAL ............................................................................................................... 34
Effect of pH and electrolyte on phosphate adsorption by some Vertisols.
A.K. BISWAS,K.P.TOMAR AND K.K. BARMAN.............................................................. 40
Potassium release characteristics of some soils of West Bengal and Sikkim.
MAUSUMI RAYCHAUDHURI AND S.K. SANYAL ........................................................... 45
Changes in chemical properties during composting of organic residues as influenced by
earthworm activity. S.C. TALASHILKAR, P.P. BHANGARATH AND V.B. MEHTA........... 50
Vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizal infection in arid zone trees of agroforestry systems.
MANISH PANDE, J.C. TARAFDAR AND G.N. GUPTA ...................................................... 54
Effect of moisture and heavy metals on the activity of L-asparaginase in Alfisols and
Vertisols. M.S.R. LAXMAN REDDY AND SAROJA RAMAN ............................................. 58
Biodegradation of hydrocarbon in soils of upper Assam. MADHUMITA BAROOAH AND
H.P.BORTUAKUR............................................................................................................... 62
Targetted yield concept for efficient and economic fertilizer use in a maize-wheat cropping
system and build-up of native fertility in a Typic Hapludalf. V.K. SURI AND T.S. VERMA .. 67
Effect of a decade long fertilizer and manure application on soil fertility and productivity
of rice-wheat system in a Mollisol. N.P. SINGH, R.S. SACHAN, P.C. PANDEY AND P.S.
BISHT..................................................................................................................................... 72
Efficacy of CMP U-Carboxamide, 3-(5)-Methylpyrazole] and DCD (Dicyandiamide) as
nitrification inhibitor. D. BLAISE, A. AMBERGERAND S. von TUCHER............................ 80
Effect of K and Na applied in different proportions on the growth, yield and nutrient
content of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz.). C.R. SUDHAR MAI DEVI AND P.
PADMAJA.............................................................................................................................. 84
Response of grapes to potassium fertilization in relation to fruit yield, quality and petiole
nutrient status. W.S. DHILLON, A.S. BINDRA AND B.S. BRAR.......................................... 89
Comparative response of some robi crops to sulphur application in Ustipsamment soil of
Haryana. RAM KALA AND S.P. GUPTA .............................................................................. 94
Influence of gypsum and greenleaf manure application on rice and on soil deficient in
sulphur. S. POONGOTHAI, P. SAVITHRJ, R.K. VENNILA AND BUU JOSEPH ................. 96
Effect of sewage water irrigation on essential plant nutrient and pollutant element status in
a vegetable growing area around Calcutta. A. MITRA AND S.K. GUPTA .............................. 99
Comparative study of the morphology and characteristics of soils used for rice and non-
rice based cropping sequence in Haryana. B.S. PANNU, B.S. SANGWAN, V.P. GOYAL
AND B.S. PANWAR .............................................................................................................. 105
Soils of Madhya Pradesh - 1: An inventory and soil-physiographic relationship.
D.B. TAMGADGE, S.T. GAIKAWADANDK.S. GAJBHIYE............................................... 109
Soils of Madhya Pradesh - II: Land use capability, cropping systems and soil degradation.
D.B. TAMGADGE, S.T. GAIKAWAD AND K.S.GAJBHIYE............................................... 114
Soil landform relationship on basaltic terrain in north Deccan Plateau, Satpura range,
Madhya Pradesh. D.B. TAMGADGE, S.T. GAIKAWAD, K.S. GAJBHIYE AND M.S.
GAIKAWAD......................................................................................................................... 118
Theries » Red coastal sand dunes of Tamil Nadli and their characteristics.
D. JAWAHAR, G. ARUNACHALAMANDM. JANAKIRAMAN........................................ 125
Runoff and soil losses from loamy sand soils under different cropping systems.
O.S. SUTARIA AND N.K. PATEL ......................................................................................... 129
Physicochemical properties of soil under different landuse systems. B. SAHA, J.S.
SAMRA, KEHAR SINGH AND M.L. JUNEJA...................................................................... 133
Short Cominunications
Effect of legume cropping on soil reaction at soil-root interface.
B.D. TAMBOLI, S.Y. DAFTARDAR AND B.N. SHINDE ..................................................... 141
Phosphate sorption in benchmark Vertisol and Alfisol profiles. K.L. SAHRAWAT................ 144
Distribution of different forms of phosphorus in the soils of subtropical zone of Jammu
region . J.P. GUPTA AND AK. LATTÜO................................................................... 147
Effect of organic matter on the transformation of different fractions of iron in some
Alfisols of Assam under submergence. NIRUPAMA GOGOI, M. DAS AND D.K. BORA..... 149
Vertical distribution of micronutrient cations in some Vertisol profiles occurring in different
ecoregions. JAGDISH PRASAD AND K.S. GAJBHIYE ........................................................ 151
Adsorption and desorption of boron in sewage sludge amended soils
O.P. BANSAL......................................................................................................................... 154
Dynamics of microbial biomass and available nutrients in Ultisol under a dry tropical sal
forest and crop fields in Vindhyan hill. S.C. SRIVASTAVA ................................................... 156
Effect of nitrogen and phosphorus on microbial population, growth and nodulation of
green gram. A.K. SINGH, H. RAM AND B.R. MAURYA ...................................................... 159
Phosphate solubilising efficiency of some microorganisms in Vertisol. A.V. DUBEY, U.K.
VAISHYA, P.N. BAPAT AND V.S. TOMAR......................................................................... 161
Fertilizer requirements of wheat for maximum and economic yields on an Inceptisol of
Uttar Pradesh. P.K. SHARMA, R.A. GUPTA AND D. GHOSH ............................................. 164
Effect of poultry manure applied in combination with fertilizers on the yield, quality and
nutrient uptake of groundnut. A.A.K. DOSANI, S.C. TALASHILKAR AND V.B. MEHTA .. 166
Effect of crop residue incorporation and irrigation on sunflower yield and soil productivity
under sorghum-sunflower cropping system. P.R. BHARAMBE, M.A. PATIL, S.R. OZA
AND D.K. SHELKE ............................................................................................................... 169
Grain N as an index of N availability to rice. N.S. DHILLON, R.K. GUPTA AND B.S.
, BRAR..................................................................................................................................... 172
Use of iron oxide paper strip method for determination of critical limit of available P for
wheat in tarai soils. JOGENDRA KUMAR, ROOM SINGH AND K.L. SHARMA ............... 174
Impact of farmyard manure and phosphorus application on soil potassium status and K
uptake in a Vertisol under soybean-wheat system. Ch. SRINIVASA RAO AND A. SUBBA
RAO....................................................................................................................................... 176
Response of palmarosa to zinc application. MUNNU SINGH................................................. 178
Evaluation of pedological development of orange garden soils of Akola district through
field morphology rating system. M.N. PATIL, N.C. KHANDARE AND R.B. PURANIK....... 180
Book review............................................................................................................................ 183
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Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science
VOLUME 47 , NUMBER 2 , JUNE 1999
CONTENTS
Contribution of groundwater to evapotranspiration needs of sunflower, L. R. JHORAR,
V. K. PHOGAT AND R. K, JHORAR 185
Hydrophysical characteristics of major soils ofKerala, K.M. VARADAN AND GEORGE
MAMMEN 188
A technique for assessing the soil mixing performance of bent leg tools. C, DTVAKER
DURAIRAJ, V. I F, KUMAR AND M, BALASUBRAMANIAN 195
Adsorption ofhumic substances on synthetic amorphous aluminosilicates of varying Si / Al
molar ratio, U.K. BASAK AND S, K, GHOSH 200
Some characteristics of soil humic substances ofEiltisol, Alfisol and VertisoL HASMOT
SAIKH AND PARTHA KUMAR CHANDRA 206
Effect of temperature and soil moisture regime on green manure N mineralization in clay
loam soil. D. SIHAGAND LP. SINGH 212
Enhanced degradation ofmetalaxyl by enrichment cultures from different soils SOUDAMINI
MOHAPATRA AND M.D. AWASTHI 217
Thermodynamics of potassium exchange reaction in Entisol and Verlisol using a kinetic
approach by miscible displacement technique. K. CHAUDIIARY AND R. PRASAD 221
Forms of potassium and the quantity-intensity parameters of an acid hill Ultisol after liming
MAUSUMIRAYCHAUDHARYANDS.K. 229
Thermodynamics of potassium-calcium exchange in soils using equilibrium and kinetic
approaches, ABHUITHALDARAND ANAND PRAKASH SINGH 235
Sulphur fractions and C : N : S relationships in oilseed growing Vertisols of North Karnataka.
M.S, VENKATESH AND T. SATYANARAYANA 241
Transformation of zinc in wetland rice soils in relation to nutrition of rice crop. A. K.
SINGH, S. K, KHAN AND P. NONGKYNRIH 248
Desorption of adsorbed copper in freshwater pond soils in relation to soil properties,
S. ADHIKARJ AND P. K. SAHA 254
Thermodynamics of aqueous pllase interactions of divalent cadmium (spiked with (115m)Cd)
with fine soil particles. ROHIT SHRIVASTAV. KAVITA RAI, MEETU AGARWAL AND
S. DASS 259
Integrated use of farmyard manure, biogas slurry and inorganic phosphate in P nutrition of
wheat crop. B. S. BRAR. N. S. DHILLON AND A, C VIG 264
Efficacy of vermicompost to improve soil fertility and rice yield. D. VASANTHI AND
K.KUMARASWAMY 268
Effect of long term application of fertilizers and manures on yield of sorghum (Sorghum
bicolor) - cumbu {Pennisetum glacum) in rotation on Vertisol under dry farming and soil
properties. S. SURESH, S. SUBRAMANIAN AND T CHITDESHWARI 272
Studies on the influence of paper mill effluents on the yield, availability and uptake of
nutrients in rice. MATU SRINIVAS ACHARL, M. DHAKSHINAMOORTHY AND G,
ARUNACHALAM 276
Micronutrient status of vegetable growing pockets in cold desert area otHimachal Pradesh.
D.K. PARMAR. VINOD SHARMA, K,D, SHARMA AND T.R. SHARMA 280
Soil tests for available pliosphorus and their relation \vitli inorganic P fractions in acid soils of
Karnataka. M.R. RAVINDRA AND R. ANANTHANARAYANA 283
Soil test based fertilizer recommendations under integrated plant nutrition system for rice-
rice-pulse cropping sequence. R. SANTHI. G. SELVAKUMARI AND RANI PERUMAL 288
Land evaluation using fuzzy logic : An exercise in suitability determination for rice in some
soil series of central India, S. CHATTERJI AND S. BHATTACHARYA 295
Land resource evaluation for district level planning: An approach. O. CHALLA 298
Elemental composition and association in some Inceptisols and Alfisols of Assam under
varyinglanduse J. K. DEY 305
Quantitative evaluation of soil development in some Alfisols of Andhra Pradesh. DIPAK
DUTTA,K,D.SAH,DJPAKSARKAR AND R.S.REDDY 311
Genesis and classification of soils derived from limestone, S.K. SINGH, KM. QURESHI,
R,L SHYAMPURA, and K KARAN 315
Studies on pedogenesis in a soil chronosequence in West Bengal, D,C. NAYAK, DTPAK
SARKAR, K, DAS AND S. CHATTERJEE 322
Characterization of some soils of Haldi Ghati Region of Rajasthan in relation to land
physiography. R.K. SHARMA, B.R SWAMI, R.L. SHYAMPURA, J.D. GIRI AND S.K.
SINGH 329
Characterization of soils of the Konkan coast. S.LPOWAR AND V.B.MEHTA 334
Interpretation offaunal (termite) activity based on micromorphic records in some ferruginous
soils of southern India. K. R. VENUGOPAL 338
EfiFect of amendments on pomegranate (Punica granatum) in calcareous and non-calcareous
alkali soils. GURBACHANSINGH,M,L.SONIS,K.SINGH AND KT. SINGH 345
Effect of soil-water regime on evapotranspiration and dry matter production of two rice
cultivars.PRADEEPKSHARMAANDLAVBHUSHAN 353
Puddling, soil physical environment and rice growth on a Typic Ustochrept P. AGGARWAL,
R, N. GARG, D. K, DAS AND A. M, SHARMA 355
Kinetics of urea hydrolysis under different moisture regimes in aquic Ustochrepts of Punjab
BALWINDER SINGH AND LAKHWINDER SINGH 357
Distribution of native and applied fixed ammonium nitrogen in some Entisols of north-
western Himalayas. B. P. KAISTHA AND Y. P, 360
Nodule count, dry matter accumulation and seed yield of soybean as influenced by
Bmdyrhnobium japonicum inoculant amended with molybdenum in Lithic Ustorthents
underrainfedconditions.S.K.DUBEY 362
Rate of decomposition and N release and microbial biomass C content in moist and flooded
soils amended with Sesbania species green manures, AX, RAT, R.P. PAREEK AND
R. CHANDRA 365
Composting process as influenced by the method of aeration, L.N, VERMA A K RAWAT
AND G,S, 368
Enhancing phosphorus release from Mussoorie rock phosphate by blending with organic
materials and phosphate solubilizers. PROSENJJT ROY. J. C. TARAFDAR AND
A, P, SINGH 372
Effect of N sources on forage yield of hybrid bajra - napier grass and nutrient uptake, S. B,
TRIPATHI AND C. R, HAZRA 375
Effect of phosphorus on crop yields in wheat-soybean cropping sequence in acid AlFisols
arnendedwUhlirneandgypsum.S.S.PALlYAL AND T. S. VERMA 377
Effect of phosphorus-magnesium interaction on yield and oil content of mustard (Brasica
juncea L.). M. KRISHNAKUMARI., B.M. SHARMA., R.K. SHARAMA AND
S.S. BALLOLI 379
DTPA-extractable Zn, Cu, Mn and Fe in wetland rice soils and their availability to rice under
submergence. A, K. SINGH, S. K. KHAN AND P. NONGKYNRIH 381
Influence of saline water on growth and nutrient composition of mungbean (Vigna rodiata
L.). K.P. TRIPATHi AND PRAVEEN-KUMAR 383
Soil and site characteristics in relation to yield of cotton in Vidharbha region of Maharashtra
SHASHI S. YADAV, JAGDISHPRASAD AND ST. GAIKAWAD 385
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