Soil fertility, leaf nutrient concentration and yield limiting nutrients in oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) plantations of Surat district of Gujarat

BEHERA K BEHERA; B N RAO; K SURESH; K RAMACHANDRUDU; K MANORAMA

doi:10.56093/ijas.v86i3.57036

Authors

BEHERA K BEHERA ICAR-Indian Institute of Oil Palm Research, Pedavegi, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh 534 450
B N RAO ICAR-Indian Institute of Oil Palm Research, Pedavegi, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh 534 450
K SURESH ICAR-Indian Institute of Oil Palm Research, Pedavegi, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh 534 450
K RAMACHANDRUDU ICAR-Indian Institute of Oil Palm Research, Pedavegi, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh 534 450
K MANORAMA ICAR-Indian Institute of Oil Palm Research, Pedavegi, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh 534 450

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijas.v86i3.57036

Keywords:

DRIS, Foliar diagnosis, Leaf nutrient, Oil palm, Optimum range, Soil properties

Abstract

A survey was conducted for assessment of soil fertility status, leaf nutrient concentration and identification of yield limiting nutrients in twenty six oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) plantations in Surat district of Gujarat. Soil pH, electrical conductivity (EC), organic carbon (OC), available potassium (K) (NH4OAc-K), available phosphorus (P) (Olsen-P), exchangeable calcium (Ca) (Exch. Ca) and magnesium (Mg) (Exch. Mg), available sulphur (S) (CaCl₂-S) and hot water soluble boron (B) (HWB) content in surface (0-20 cm depth) and subsurface (20-40 cm depth) soil layers varied widely. Diagnosis and Recommendation Integrated System (DRIS) norms were established for different nutrient expressions and it was used to compute DRIS indices. As per DRIS indices, the order of requirement of nutrients in the area was found to be K > nitrogen (N) > B > P > Mg. Optimum leaf nutrient ranges as per DRIS norms varied from 2.63 to 2.85%, 0.16 to 0.18%, 0.56 to 0.88%, 0.34 to 0.84% and 9.10 to 32.5 mg/kg for N, P, K, Mg and B respectively. On the basis of DRIS derived optimum ranges, 65, 31, 35 and 8 per cent leaf samples had less than optimum concentration of N, P, K and B respectively. The optimum ranges developed could be used for efficient nutrient management.

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