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Influence of Soil Amendments on the Physical Properties of Black Soil and Yield of Ragi

Volume : 67
Issue: Mar-mar
Pages: 177 - 182
Published: October 01, 2023
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Abstract


Studies to evaluate the efficacy of organic and inorganic amendments in black soil revealed that organic amendments viz.. poultry manure, maize straw and farm yard manure were superior to inorganic industrial wastes and mineral amendments in improving the physical properties of soil and yield of ragi (Co. 10). Industrial wastes like lime sludge and furnace stag and mineral amendments like gypsum were found next best respectively in improving the aggregate stability. hydraulic conducti- vity available water status of soil and yield.

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177 - 182
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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