College of Agriculture, Gwalior, M. P.
Zinc status of the soils of Bhind, Damoh, Rajgarh, Guna, Datia, Shahadol and Baster districts of Madhya Pradesh, representing different soil groups was determined. Bhind district having alluvial soil was surveyed intensively. The total zinc status varied from 6.94 ppm in alluvial soil of Bhind to 130.75 ppm in red and yellow soils of Shahdol. The range of available zinc was from 0.21 in alluvial soils of Bhind to 16.00 ppm in medium black soils of Rajgarh.
The soils were found to be highly deficient in available zinc. Percentage of deficiency ranged from 0 to 100. In case of Bhind 88.8 per cent soils were found deficient. In Baster almost all the soils were found deficient, whereas in case of Shahdol, Rajgarh and Guna all the soils were found sufficient in available zinc.
A significant positive correlation was observed between available zinc and total zinc in soils of most of the districts under study.
Total Zn, available Zn, soils of M.P
