Assessment of Nutritional Status of the Acidic Soils of Manipur Vanya Sericulture: Levels and Spatial Distributions
Nutritional status of acidic soils in Manipur
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Amit Kumar
Central Muga Eri Research and Training Institute, Lahdoigarh, Jorhat, Assam-785701
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Vinodakumar SN
Central Muga Eri Research and Training Institute, Lahdoigarh, Jorhat, Assam-785701
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Borsha Tamuly
Central Muga Eri Research and Training Institute, Lahdoigarh, Jorhat, Assam-785701
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Gopal Krishna
Geoinformatics Unit, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), New Delhi-110012, India
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Ashish Rai
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Parsauni, East Champaran, Dr Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur-848125, Bihar, India
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Aftab A Shabnam
Central Muga Eri Research and Training Institute, Lahdoigarh, Jorhat, Assam-785701
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Dharmendra K Jigyasu
Central Muga Eri Research and Training Institute, Lahdoigarh, Jorhat, Assam-785701
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Reeta Luikham
Central Muga Eri Research and Training Institute, Lahdoigarh, Jorhat, Assam-7857013
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Urmimala Hazarika
Central Muga Eri Research and Training Institute, Lahdoigarh, Jorhat, Assam-785701
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Siddique A Ahmed
Central Muga Eri Research and Training Institute, Lahdoigarh, Jorhat, Assam-785701
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Subadas Singh
Central Muga Eri Research and Training Institute, Lahdoigarh, Jorhat, Assam-785701
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Jalaja S Kumar
Central Muga Eri Research and Training Institute, Lahdoigarh, Jorhat, Assam-785701
Keywords:
Acidic soil, Chemical properties, Fertility map, GIS, Nutrient index, Sulphur availability indexAbstract
Muga and Eri silks are the most important culture related occupations in Manipur with significant economic importance. Soil quality plays very synergistic role in producing good and healthy leaves needed for harvesting quality cocoons to enhance silk production. The present study is the first attempt to generate the soil nutritional value and geographic information survey (GIS) map for Muga and Eri soils of Imphal valley of Manipur. The surface soil (0-15cm) was found extremely acidic (pH < 4.5) to strongly acidic (pH 5.0-5.5) with low organic carbon (< 0.4%) and potassium (< 34 kg ha-1) content. The sulphur availability index was 9.1 and 8.5 in Muga and Eri host plants farms, respectively. Soil Nutrient Index value was low for potassium and medium for sulphur and zinc in both the vanya silk farms. Spatial distribution maps were prepared to depict the availability of micro and macro nutrients in the study area soils.
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