Cationic Micronutrients Distribution in Relation to Potassium Fractions in Acid Soils of the Western Ghats of Maharashtra

A.R.  CHAVAN; M.R> WAHANE; N.H. KHOBRAGADE; V.P.  DAMODHAR; S.B.  DODAKE; JAGDISH  PRASAD

doi:10.54894/JISCAR.43.1.2025.164877

Authors

A.R. CHAVAN Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, College of Agriculture, Dr. B.S. Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli - 415 712, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India
M.R> WAHANE Khar Land Research Station, Dr. B.S. Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Panvel - 410 206, Raigad, Maharashtra, India
N.H. KHOBRAGADE Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, College of Agriculture, Dr. B.S. Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli - 415 712, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India
V.P. DAMODHAR Mango Research Sub-Centre, Dr. B.S. Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rameshwar - 416 806, Sindhudurg, Maharashtra, India
S.B. DODAKE Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, College of Agriculture, Dr. B.S. Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli - 415 712, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India
JAGDISH PRASAD ICAR-National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, Nagpur - 440 033, Maharashtra, India

https://doi.org/10.54894/JISCAR.43.1.2025.164877

Keywords:

Acid soils, Micronu, Soil pH, Potassium fractions

Abstract

The study to determine the relationship between micronutrient cations and potassium fractions in acid soils (pH 4.36-5.99) of Mango Research Sub-Centre, Rameshwar in Sindhudurg district of the Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India during 2022-2023 indicated DTPA-extractable iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), zinc (Zn), and copper (Cu) varied from 28.11- 64.10, 31.53 - 63.26, 0.58 - 4.89 and 2.67 - 7.20 cmol(p+) kg^-1 with mean of 38.93, 44.32, 3.37 and 5.57 cmol(p+) kg^-1, respectively. The available potassium (K) ranged from 326.74 - 686.55 kg ha^-1 with a mean of 480.08 kg ha^-1, while the water-soluble K content had a mean of 36.93±11.46 cmol(p+) kg^-1. These soils had large fraction of exchangeable K (113.74-233.22 cmol(p+) kg^-1), followed by non-exchangeable K (180.96 - 321.44 cmol(p+) kg^-1), and lattice K (4803.18 - 6786.66 cmol(p+) kg^-1). The total K in these soils ranged from 5243.00 - 7130.00 cmol(p+) kg^-1 with a mean of 5801.35 ± 439.35 cmol(p+) kg^-1. The soil pH had a strong association with DTPA-Fe, DTPA - Cu and DTPA - Zn, but a significant negative relationship with DTPA - Mn and total K. A strong positive correlation was found between soil pH and all the K fractions, barring total K. Conversely, there was a significant inverse relationship between DTPA - Fe and DTPA - Mn and total K. A strong positive relationship of DTPA - Cu was found with available K. DTAP - Mn showed a strong negative association with copper, water - soluble K, non - exchangeable K and lattice K. There was a positive correlation between DTPA - Zn and available K, water - soluble K and non - exchangeable K. DTPA - Cu also had a positive relationship with available K, non - exchangeable K and lattice K but a negative association with exchangeable K. DTPA - Fe was in close reliance with all K - fractions except exchangeable K and
total K. All forms of K, except total K, exhibited a significant correlation with DTPA - extractable Fe, Zn and Cu, indicating a dynamic balance among various K fractions in the soil.

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