Indian Journal of Plant Physiology
  • Year: 1994
  • Volume: 37o
  • Issue: 3

Response of Aonla Seedlings (Emblica Officinalis Gaertn.) to Soil Sodicity

  • Author:
  • R.K. Tiwari, R.K. Pathak, D. Pandey
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 180 to 182

*Central Soil and Water Conservation Research and Training Institute — Regional Station, Dattia (M.P.).

**Central Institute of Horticulture for Northern Plains, Lucknow (U.P.).

Department of Horticulture, Narendra Dev University of Agriculture and Technology, Narendra Nagar, Faizabad-224 229

Abstract

A pot culture experiment was conducted to study the effect of different levels of ESP on survival, growth and mineral composition of aonla seedlings. Survival of seedlings growth and the content of foliar N,P,K, Ca and Mg decreased significantly with increasing levels of sodicity above 30 ESP, whereas, the concentrtion of Na and Na/K, Na/Ca and Na/Mg ratios exhibited a reverse trend. Specific leaf injury symptom due to Na toxicity (above 30 ESP) were also observed.