Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science, Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, 415.
In a field experiment, liming improved the soil aggregation, maximum water holding capacity and hydraulic conductivity of the soil. The exchangeable cations and the per cent base saturation almost doubled due to addition of lime @ 17.90 t ha,l as per Peech's BaCl2-TEA method (Black 1965). Liming significantly decreased the exchange acidity as well as pH-ependent acidity. The available nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium increased significantly with higher doses of lime; however the DTPA extractable micronutrients decreased gradually with the higher doses of liming.
Liming, acid soil, Konkan, soil characteristics, forms of acidity
