Agricultural Science Digest

UGC CARE (Group 1)
  • Year: 2002
  • Volume: 22
  • Issue: 2

Effect of soil characteristics on termite infestation in mango orchards*

  • Author:
  • S.K. Singh, G. Singh
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 105 to 107

G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263 145, India

* Fart of Ph.D Thesis Submitted by Senior Author to G.B.P.U.A. and T., Pantnagar - 263 145, India.

Abstract

Soil samples were collected from mango orchard of various places and analysed. Termite soil galleries on trees in the all orchard have higher organic carbon, phosphorus and potash than the surrounding soil. While termite soil galleries have lower pH than the surrounding soil. As the sand per cent increased in soil the per cent infestation also increased at all places except I.A.R.I. and Kiccha. Clay per cent in soils of Upeda, Rohenda and Khurja gave negative value of r.