Nutrient Elements and their Relationship with Soil Properties in the Alluvial Fan Region of Gaggar River in Rajasthan

Abstract

Eight pedons of the alluvial fan region of the Gaggar river were studied for distribution and status of the major and micro nutrients and their relationship with soil parameters. The soils were marginal in respect of the major nutrients. Amongst the minor elements Zn may be the first to show deficiency. The aeofluvial nature of the soils appears to be the major cause of variability in the distribution of all the studied elements. Organic matter content is the single property positively affecting the availability of all the nutrients studied. Regression analysis shows that only in case of N and K all the properties account for the variability, while for rest of the nutrients, factors other than those studied appear to be accountable.