Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science

Table of Contents

• RESEARCH NOTE

  6lst Annual Convention of the Indian Society of Soil Science: A Brief Report

• Presidential Address*

  • Author: G. Dev

• Inaugural Address: 61st Annual Convention of Indian Society of Soil Science*

  • Author: V.R. Mehta

• Micronutrient Research and Sustainable Agricultural Productivity in India

  • Author: P.N. Takkar

• Integrated Nutrient Management for Ecologically Sustainable Agriculture

  • Author: O.P. Meelu

• Soil Fertility Management for Reconciling Sustainability with Productivity

  • Author: A. Sankaram

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Agro-ecological Analysis for Sustainable Development of Rainfed Environments in India

  • Author: V.P. Singh

• Irrigation Requirement of Winter Maize under Shallow Water Table Condition in Damodar Valley Irrigation Command Area

  • Author: P.K. Bandyopadhyay, S. Mallick

• Leaching Behaviour of Some Inceptisols

  • Author: Ravender Singh

• Root Development, Leaf Area Index, Water Use and Yield of Rainfed Wheat under Different Soil Water Conservation Practices and Levels of Nitrogen

  • Author: M.L. Verma, C.L. Acharya

• Nitrogen Mineralization from Urea Enriched Greenmanures as Influenced by Water Management Practices

  • Author: P. Dey, J.M. Jain

• Studies on Urea Hydrolysis in Typic Ustochrepts of Punjab

  • Author: Balwinder Singh, Lakhwinder Singh

• Modification of a Kinetic Model Interpreting Threshold Concept of Potassium Release and Fixation

  • Author: S.C. Datta

• Kinetics of Aluminium Desorption of Acid Soils in Unbuffered Normal Potassium Chloride

  • Author: Patiram , R.N. Prasad, Munna Ram

• Vertical Distribution of Sulphur in Base Unsaturated Rice Fallow Profiles of Karnataka

  • Author: Sridhara Adiga, R. Ananthanarayana

• Sodium-Calcium Exchange Equilibria in Relation to Electrolyte Concentration and Calcium Carbonate in Soils

  • Author: G.Y. Kachoui, S.R. Poonia, S.C. Mehta, R.S. Siyag

• Effect of Farmyard Manure on Zn Sorption in Soils from Semi-arid and Humid Regions

  • Author: A.K. Deka, S.R. Poonia

• Effect of Farmyard Manqre on Copper Sorption in Soils from Semiarid and Humid Regions

  • Author: A.K. Deka, S.R. Poonia

• Effect of Sludge, Zinc and Copper on the Transformation of Zinc and Copper in Sewage-Fed Fish Pond Soil

  • Author: P.K. Saha, L.N. Mandal

• Available Micronutrient Status in the Soils of Vindhyan Scarplands of Rajasthan in Relation to Soil Characteristics

  • Author: T. Chattopadhyay, A.K. Sahoo, R.S. Singh, R.L. Shyampura

• Available Iron, Copper, Zinc and Manganese in Some Freshwater Pond Soils of Orissa in Relation to Soil Characteristics

  • Author: P.K. Saha, S. Adhikari, D.K. Chatterjee

• Nitrogen Balance Studies in Rice-Growing Wetland Soil

  • Author: V. Velu, K.M. Ramanathan

• Variability of Soils in Two Rice Growing Toposequences

  • Author: B.K. Baruah, D.N. Chakravarty, R.M. Karmakar

• Effect of Gypsum on Yield, Oil Content and Uptake of Ca and S by Groundnut Grown on an Acid Alfisol of Ranchi

  • Author: Surendra Singh, K.P. Singh

• Suitability of Extractants and Critical Limit of Sulphur in Acidic Soils for Black Gram

  • Author: Surendra Singh, K.P. Singh, A.K. Sarkar

• Evaluation of Extractants for Available Zinc and its Forms in Vertisols of Madhya Pradesh

  • Author: B.L. Sharma, A.K.S. Bhadoria, G.S. Rathore, P.N. Bapat

• Mineralogy, Genesis and Classification of Soils of North-West Himalayas Developed on Different Parent Materials and Variable Topography

  • Author: R.D. Gupta, B.R. Tripathi

• Slope Mass Movement and Associated Soils in East Khasi and Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya

  • Author: U. Baruah, A.C. Mohapatra

• Highly Leached Mineral Soils of Manipur - Their Pedology, Characteristics, Problems and Management

  • Author: T.K. Sen, D.C. Nayak, P.N. Dubey, G.S. Chamuah, J. Sehgal

• Characterization and Classification of Coastal Soils of Balasore, Orissa

  • Author: B. Man, B.K. Bandyopadhyay

• Evaluation of Weathering in Two Usterts of Middle and Lower Narmada Valley of Central India

  • Author: D.S. Thakur

• Effect of Modified Urea Formulations on N Use Efficiency in Maize

  • Author: S.S. Pal

• Tolerance of Some Crops to Soil Acidity and Response to Liming

  • Author: Gopal Krishna Dwivedi

• Effect of P, S and Mo Application on Yield of Rainfed Black Gram and Their Residual Effect on Safflower and Soil and Water Conservation in an Eroded Soil

  • Author: H.P. Chaudhary, S.K. Das

• Elemental Distribution and Mineralogy of Arid Zone Soils of Punjab

  • Author: B.D. Sharma, P.S. Sidhu, Gurmel Singh, S.S. Mukhopadhyay

• Identification and Characteristics of Clay Minerals in an Irrigated River Flood Plain Soils of Eastern Coastal Region

  • Author: G.C. Sahu, K.N. Mishra

• Mineralogy of Some Soils Developed on Pleistocene Clay of Madhupur, Bangladesh

  • Author: M.F. Hossain, S.F. Elahi, A.S.M.M. Kamal

• SHORT COMMUNICATION

  Infiltration Characteristics of Tawa Command Soils of Madhya Pradesh

  • Author: R. Pagnis, V.S. Tomar, S.K. Sharma, S.S. Tomar

• Estimation of Soil Water Characteristic Curve and Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity from Simpler Soil Physical Properties

  • Author: S.S. Ray, R.P. Gupta

• Variability of Soil Water Retained by Soil against Increasingly Applied Pressure

  • Author: D.K. Patgiri, T.C. Baruah

• Computation of Potential Evapotranspiration (PET) in Tripura

  • Author: B.K. Bhattacharya, M. Datta, U.C. Sharma

• Effect of Soil Water Regimes and Phosphorus Fertilizer on Yield of Soybean and Components of Field Water

  • Author: A. Das, T. Satyanarayana

• Effect of CO2 on NO3 Volatilization Loss following Incorporation of Greenmanure and Urea in Lowland Rice

  • Author: B. Deka Medhi, S.K. De Datta

• Kinetics of Carbon Mineralization in Calcareous Soil Amended with Crop Residues and Organic Manures

  • Author: B. Prasad, S.K. Sinha

• Effect of Selective Dissolution on Aluminosilicates in Soil Separates of a Salt Affected Aridisol

  • Author: S.C. Gupta, D.D. Dubey

• Interference of Magnesium on Zinc Adsorption in Different Soils of Tamil Nadu

  • Author: R. Krishnasamy

• Distribution of Different Forms of Iron in Vertic Soils and their Relation with Soil Properties

  • Author: N. V. Velvikar, Syed Ismail, Muneera Siddiqui, G.U. Malewar, Tajuddin

• Kinetics of Boron Adsorption in Soils

  • Author: R Krishnasamy

• Modified Mitscherlich-Bray Equation for Calculation of Crop Response to Applied Phosphate

  • Author: P.E. Ghosh, U.K. Misra

• Nodulation and Dry Matter Production of Soybean as Influenced by Humic Acid

  • Author: A. Das

• Relative Efficacy of Sulphur Carriers on Yield of and Nutrients Uptake by Black Gram

  • Author: K.N. Dwivedi, P. Chandra, D.C. Pandey

• Interaction of Nitrogen and Potassium with Zinc in Submerged Soil and Lowland Rice

  • Author: A.K. Chatterjee, Biswapati Mandal, L.N. Mandal

• Effect of Zn Application on Uptake of Nutrients by Rice on an Inceptisol

  • Author: S.K. Sahu, G.N. Mitra, S.C. Pani

• Forms of Zinc and Their Availability in Calcareous Soil Treated with Organic Manures and Crop Residues

  • Author: S.K. Sinha, B. Prasad

• Relation of Available Micronutrients in Soils and Plants

  • Author: Vinay Singh, Sandeep Singh

• Effect of Distillery Waste Water with Fertilizer on Onion and Soil Properties

  • Author: N.M. Zalawadia, R.G. Patil, S. Raman

• Stability and Growth in Productivity of Rice-Wheat Cropping System in Different Agro-Ecological Sub-Regions of Indo-Gangetic Plains

  • Author: S.C. Ramesh Kumar, J. Sehgal, S.C. Yadav, H.S. Shivaramu

• List of Reviewers during 1995 and 1996

  • Author: G. Narayanasamy

• BOOK REVIEW

  Physics And Chemistry Of Soils

• Fertiliser and Integrated Nutrient Recommendations for Balance and Efficiency

• OBITUARIES

  Obituary