PHYSICAL CHANGES INDUCED BY MINERAL, ORGANIC AND INDUSTRIAL AMENDMENTS ON A VERTISOL AND ITS EFFECT ON YIELD OF FINGER MILLET (ELEUSINE CORACANA GEARTN.)
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Author:K.K. MATHAN
p-ISSN:0024-9602, e-ISSN:2582-5321, Vol:86, Issue:oct-dec
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.A00653
Abstract
Application of soil amendments apart from improving the soil physical properties also gave higher yields of finger millet. The efficacy of amendments may be graded as follows: organic amendments> industrial wastes > mineral wastes. Within the above group the order of efficacy in each group was as follows: 1) Organics: Poultry manure> farm yard manure > maize straw > cotton waste. 2) Industrial Wastes: Lime sludge furnace slag > cement dust. 3) Mineral amendments: Gypsum > magnesite> tank silt. Incorporation of amendments resulted in significant reduction in bulk density and soil strength, and increase in hydraulic conductivity, stability index, aggregate stability and available water content.
Key words : Mineral industrial and organic wastes -Soil physical properties-Ragi (Eleusine Coracana)