Assessment of Soil Fertility Status of Different Villages of Solan District of Himachal Pradesh, India
Meera Devi *
Krishi Vigyan Kendra Solan at Kandaghat, Himachal Pradesh, India.
Jitender Kumar Chauhan
Krishi Vigyan Kendra Solan at Kandaghat, Himachal Pradesh, India.
Arti Shukla
Krishi Vigyan Kendra Solan at Kandaghat, Himachal Pradesh, India.
Anurag Sharma
Krishi Vigyan Kendra Solan at Kandaghat, Himachal Pradesh, India.
Yourmila Kumari
COHF, Thunag, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India.
Garima
COHF, Thunag, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The current study has been conducted in Solan district of Himachal Pradesh to evaluate soil physico-chemical parameters and soil health. The soil samples have been collected from farmer's field of five villages of Solan district. From each village 10 farmers were randomly selected and making the sample size 50. The findings showed thatSoil pH ranged from 6.23 to 7.34 and electrical conductivity (EC) of the entire study area remained below 0.29 dSm-1. It was discovered that there was a marked variation in chemical parameters of various samples viz. Soil Organic Carbon (SOC), available nutrients (NPK) and available micro nutrients. SOC ranged between 0.53 to 2.03 per cent, available nitrogen content varied from medium to high, phosphorus content remained at high range, but varied from 54.78 to 65.71 kg ha-1 and available potassium content varied from medium to high range. The findings also demonstrated a strong and positive relationship between organic carbon and available nitrogen. Farmers were given soil health cards after testing soil samples from various areas.
Keywords: Available nutrients, EC, pH, soil organic carbon, soil health card