Madras Agricultural Journal
Loading.. Please wait
Research Article | Open Access | Peer Review

Cumulative Effect of Manures and Fertilizers on the Mechanical Fractions of Soils

Volume : 65
Issue: Oct-oct
Pages: 641 - 644
Published: October 04, 2023
Download

Abstract


The different size fractions of the experimental plots of the Old Permanent Manu- rial Experiments at Coimbatore were determined during 1922, 1929 and 1976. The data revealed that during 55 years of experimentation, the coarse sand fraction significantly reduced and clay fractions increased. Of the major nutrients N. P and K. nitrogen app- lication increased the clay content whereas others did not. The influence of nitrogen. might be mainly due to its content in the organic residues added to the soil. Coarse fraction was not influenced by the different treatments. Cattle manure application (5) tons/acre) was as good as NPK fertilization in maintaining the proportion of mechanical fractions.

DOI
Pages
641 - 644
Creative Commons
Copyright
© 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.

Keywords


footer

Copyright © Madras Agricultural Journal | Masu Journal All rights reserved.