Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science
SCOPUS
  • Year: 1994
  • Volume: 42
  • Issue: 1

Phosphorus Utilization and Root Cation Exchange Capacity in Wheat as Influenced by Phosphorus, Lime and FYM on an Alfisol of Western Himalayas

  • Author:
  • Pritam K. Sharma, J.P. Gupta
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 65 to 68

Department of Soil Science, Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, 176062.

* Regional Agricultural Research Station, SKUAST, R.S. Pura, Jammu.

Abstract

The effect of liming application, FYM and P fertilization on P use efficiency and root CEC were studied in an Alfisol of western Himalayas using wheat (S-308) as the test crop. Liming improved P utilization from native soil source by 20–26 per cent and FYM by 93–99 per cent. Root CEC was affected by P application at maximum tillering, blossoming and harvest positively. Also, FYM had significant positive influence on root CEC.

Keywords

P utilization, root CEC, effect of lime, FYM and P, wheat, Alfisol, western Himalayas