Characterization and Classification of Cultivated Soils of Coastal Gir Somnath District of Gujarat in Relation to Salinity
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R.B. CHAUHAN
Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh- 362 001, Gujarat
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J.V. POLARA
Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh- 362 001, Gujarat
Keywords:
Soil characterization, Water soluble and exchangeable ions, Saline soilsAbstract
Thirty surface (0-15 cm) soil samples from each of the six talukas viz. Talala, Veraval, Sutrapada, Kodinar, Gir Gadhada and Una of Gir Somnath district of Gujarat state were collected from the cultivated farmer'sfield and were analyzed for different soil properties. The results revealed that Na+ and Cl were dominant among the water soluble ions, whereas Ca++ and Mg++ were dominant among the exchangeable cations. About half (46.1 %) of the cultivated soils of coastal Gir Somnath district were in normal salinity class, followed by saline (25.0 %), sodic (15.0 %) and saline-sodic (13.9 %) classes. The study suggests that soil salinization is the more dominant process, while soil sodicity and salinity-sodicity were found to be more or less equally distributed in the soils of Gir Somnath district. This information generated in the present investigation will be useful for preparing a comprehensive development plan for the cultivated soils of coastal Gir Somnath district.
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