Assessment of land use-induced changes in soil properties is essential for addressing issues of spatial variability in soil fertility and sustainable land productivity. In view of this, a study was conducted to assess the impact of spatial variability on physicochemical propertie...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2020/v32i1430363
The comparative approach aims to establish differences and similarities between local knowledge and scientific information only to focus on the management of soil and land resources. The aim of the study at Garkahalli micro watershed in a part of Ramanagar district, Karnataka was...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/34710
The present investigation was carried out with one green house experiment at the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore during 2016-17 and two field experiments during 2017-18 at tomato growing soils of eastern dry zone (EDZ), Karnataka to assess the impact of zinc on tom...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i730447
An investigation was carried out to study the micronutrient status of rice-growing soils of the delta area of Krishna district in Andhra Pradesh to know the potential of these soils to supply micronutrients to rice crops. For this, six profiles viz., Vemulamada (P1), Kothapalli (...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i125251
A thorough soil investigation was conducted to assess the soil's ability to supply nutrients by examining the vertical nutrient distribution pattern in the pedons of paddy growing areas in the Vepurikota microwatershed in Andhra Pradesh. The results revealed that soils were low i...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i94969
Aims: To asses the fertility status of the soils of Doddavaram microwatershed of Koyyuru mandal of Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh in which twenty soil profiles were studied for soil physico-chemical properties (pH, EC, OC) and soil nutrient status (N, P2O5, K2O, Zn, Cu, F...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i24373
Goa is a biodiversity hotspot and a major iron ore producer state in India. The study investigated heavy metal (HM) distribution pattern, fractionation forms under different land use types near an iron mining including health risks associated with different exposure pathways. Geo...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i232495