A Comparative study of  Physico â€“ Chemical Characteristics of soils of Banaskantha district, Gujarat

Charulata Srivastav

Volume : V, Issue : XI, November - 2016

A Comparative study of Physico â€“ Chemical Characteristics of soils of Banaskantha district, Gujarat

Charulata Srivastav

Abstract :

Comparative Physico – Chemical study of soil based on various parameters like pH, Electrical Conductivity (E.C.) ,Total Organic Carbon, Available Phosphorus (P O ) and available Potassium (K O) is done for three talukas of Banaskantha 2 5 2 District namely Vav, Danta and Vadgam . Soil sampling is the most vital step for any soil analysis. It becomes extremely important to get a truly representative soil sample of the field as a very small fraction of the huge soil mass is used for analysis.?e results show that villages of Vav taluka has more of E.C. and Potassium content than Vadgam and Danta taluka,. O.C.of Danta taluka is more than Vav and Vadgam taluka, Vadgam taluka has more Phosphorus content than Vav and Danta taluka whereas other parameter such as pH is comparable between three regions. Such studies help us understand fertility of soil of different agricultural regions in terms of their Physico – Chemical Characteristics. ?is information will help farmers to overcome problems related tosoil and soil nutrients and will help them to improve agricultural yield