Soil Testing Rate of Birsa Agricultural University
Analysis of Soil samples received from of Private Organization, NGO’s, Other Institutes & Agencies at the following rate:- Soil Testing charge for organic carbon., pH., Available N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S,@ Rs. 100/- each for each parameter & for each sample. Soil Sample – Micronutrients @ Rs. 200/- each for each parameter & for […]
Gypsum for Reclamation of Sodic Soil
Following diagnostic procedures, application of 10-15 tons of gypsum per ha is applied followed by mixing of surface (10 cm) soil. Before gypsum is applied, the field is leveled and bunded, irrigation water is applied to leach down the salts. About 2.07 Mha sodic soils have been reclaimed using gypsum application technology. The reclaimed area […]
Celebration of World Soil Day 2020 at ICAR-CTCRI, Thiruvananthapuram
World Soil Day (WSD) 2020 was celebrated at ICAR-CTCRI on 5 December at 2.30 p.m. in the Golden Jubilee Hall of our Institute on virtual mode. The programme started with ICAR theme song followed by welcome address by Dr. Susan John. K, Principal Scientist (Soil Science) and Nodal Officer of the Soil Health Card Programme. […]
Farm Pond Technology
About 20% of the farm area is converted into on-farm reservoir to harvest excess rainwater. The dug-out soil is used to raise the land to form high and medium land situations besides the original low land situation in the farm for growing multiple and diversified crops throughout the year instead of mono-cropping with rice in […]
Forage Grasses on Saline Vertisols
Cultivation of forage grasses, Dichanthium annulatum and Leptochloa fusca in a ridge-furrow planting system with 50 cm high ridge and 1 m between midpoints of two successive ridges was found ideal in saline black soils having salinity up to 10 dS m-1 . For maximizing forage production, Dichanthium on ridges and Leptochloa in furrows form […]
Salvadora persica on Highly Saline Vertisols
Salvadora persica L. (Meswak), a facultative halophyte which is a potential source for seed oil has been identified as a predominant species in highly saline habitats of coastal and inland black soils (ECe >30 dS/m). This species is a medicinal plant of great value and its bark contains resins and an alkaloid called Salvadoricine. The […]
Dill (Anethum graveolens) on Saline Vertisols
Dill (Anethum graveolens), a non-conventional seed spice crop has been identified as potential crop for cultivation on saline black soils having salinity up to 6 dS m-1 in rabi season with the residual soil moisture. It has multiple uses viz., pot herb, leafy vegetable, seeds used as condiments and seed oil for aromatic and medicinal […]
Cotton-Pulse Intercropping on Moderately Saline Vertisols
Salt-affected Vertisols (Black cotton soils) cover an area of approximately 0.80 million hectares in the country, of which 0.12 million hectares are estimated to occur in Gujarat. Due to high clay content and other physic-chemical properties, soils are adversely affected even at low salt concentration and exchangeable sodium contents. Restoring the productivity of these lands, […]
Raised and Sunken Bed Technology in Waterlogged Sodic Soils
Since majority of sodic lands in U.P. are with resource poor medium to small land holders. Therefore, for them a system of raised and sunken bed was evolved using land modification technique in Sarda Sahayak canal command area. In raised and sunken bed system the area is divided into number of strips of desired width. […]
Technology with Reduced Gypsum and Salt Tolerant Varieties
The field experiments were initiated to develop low cost technologies for the resource poor farmers by integration of gypsum and salt tolerant varieties of rice and wheat cropping system. The grain yield of rice and wheat under 25 % plus salt tolerant varieties was at par with 50 GR plus normal cultivars. The cost of […]