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Evaluation of Soil Properties in Major Paddy Growing Soils of Thamirabarani Command Area, Tamil Nadu

Volume : 102
Issue: Apr-jun
Pages: 118 - 122
Published: April 30, 2023
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Abstract


Five major soils of Thamirabarani Command Area of Tamil Nadu having granite gneiss and alluvium parent material under paddy and banana land use were studied for their morphological characteristics, physical and chemical properties. The soils were neutral (6.6-7.3) to very strongly alkaline (>9), deep (100-150 cm) to very deep (>150cm) in depth with iso-hyperthermic and ustic soil moisture regimes. Texture, organic carbon, CEC of the soils ranged from sandy loam to clay, 0.15 to 0.80 per cent and 16 to 53 cmol (p+) kg-1, respectively. Soils were low to high in available nitrogen and phosphorus and medium to high in available potassium. Soils were classified as Vertic Haplustepts, Fluventic Haplustepts, Aquic Haplustalfs, Typic Haplustalfs and Vertic Haplustalfs.

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118 - 122
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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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Soil survey Thamirabarani Command Area Soil properties and classification
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