Assessment of Physico-Chemical Properties of Soil from Different Villages of Sundar Nagar Block of Mandi District of Himachal Pradesh, India

Abstract

One of the most popular phrases in agriculture is the term “Soil Health and Soil Quality.” Agricultural sustainability is being dependent on soil health. Soil quality assessment is of paramount importance to know the appropriate management practices to be adopted for sustainable crop production. Soil samples were collected from Sunder Nagar block of Mandi district on Oct. 2022 in three depths viz. 0-15,15-30 and 30-45 cm and analysed for their Physico-chemical parameters by using standard laboratory techniques. Soil health parameters were analyzed and the founding state that, texture of soil is sandy loam. Soil reaction was neutral to slightly alkaline with soil EC mostly below <1.0 dS m-1 significantly affect for better crop production. In the case of organic carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus content of research area was found to be slightly low to medium while the range of potassium range was medium to high. The concentration levels of certain micronutrients were analyzed and the results indicate that zinc levels were low to slightly medium, copper levels were low to medium, iron levels were medium to high and manganese levels were medium to slightly high. For promoting the soil health and soil quality use of organic manure is recommended for fertilizer management.