Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science

Table of Contents

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Soil and Water Management -The Base of Food Security and Sustainability

  • Author: J.S. Kanwar

• Dr. S.P. Raychaudhuri Memorial Lecture - A brief introduction

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Water Retention and Transmission Characteristics of Subtropical Soils of Varying Parent Materials in Parts of Bihar and West Bengal

  • Author: A. Das, B. Datta

• Effect of Kharif Greenmanuring and Rabi Tillage on Physical Properties of Puddled Clay Loam under Rice-Wheat Rotation

  • Author: P. Aggarwal, D.K. Parashar, V. Kumar, R.P. Gupta

• Long-term Effect of Integrated Nutrient Management on Properties of Vertisol under Dryland Agriculture

  • Author: M.A. Bellakki, V.P. Badanur

• Characterization of Soil Acidity and Lime Requirement of Soils in the Agroclimatic Zones of Hassan District of Karnataka

  • Author: R. Ananthanarayana, S.M. Ravikumar

• Changes in Total and Available Soil Nitrogen Status under Integrated Nutrient Management of Rice

  • Author: S. Surender Rao, M. Sitaramayya

• Release of Phosphorus from Added Sesbania aculeata

  • Author: A.C. Vig, Didar Singh, Milap Chand, G.S. Saroa

• Indices of P Availability and Fixation of Added P in Acid Alfisols of Chotanagpur Plateau of Bihar

  • Author: G.K. Ghosh, A.K. Sarkar

• Kinetics of Potassium Desorption from Inceptisols and Entisols

  • Author: K. Choudhary, B. Prasad

• Distribution of Forms of Potassium and K Release Kinetics in Some Vertisol Profiles

  • Author: Ch. Srinivasa Rao, Jagdish Prasad, S.P. Singh, P.N. Takkar

• Nonexchangeable Potassium Reserves in an Alfisol in Relation to Potassium Uptake by Potato

  • Author: P.K. Mani, S.K. Sanyal

• Kinetics of Sulphate Desorption In Some Low Activity Clay Soils of Nigeria

  • Author: M.T. Adetunji

• Distribution or Different Forms of Sulphur and Their Relationship with Some Soil Properties in Alfisols, Inceptisols and Mollisols of Moradabad District, Uttar Pradesh

  • Author: Y.K. Sharma, M.S. Gangwar

• Total and DTPA-Extractable Fe, Mn, Cu and Zn Contents in Some Soils of Bangladesh

  • Author: Z.R. Khan, A.R. Mazumder, M.S. Hussain, A.S.M. Mohiuddin

• Effect of Farmyard Manure on Cadmium Sorption in Soils from Semiarid and Humid Regions

  • Author: A.K. Deka, S.R. Poonia, R.S. Siyag, M.K. Sharma

• Adsorption-Desorption of Isoproturon on Eight Soils of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh

  • Author: G. Shanti, P. Chandrasekhar, Saroja Raman

• Effect of Phosphorus and Zinc on Growth and Nitrogen Fixation of Azolla caroliniana (Wild)

  • Author: B.N. Mangaraj, B.R. Maurya

• Effect of Phosphate Dissolving Bacteria Applied with Rock Phosphate on Nodulation and Yield of Rainfed Soybean Under Different Agroclimatic Conditions

  • Author: S.K. Dubey, V.R. Balasundaram, L.M. Pant, N. Jayasheela, B.R. Kawale, B. Mishra

• Co-inoculation of Phosphorus Solubilizing Bacteria with Bradyrhizobium japonicum to Increase Phosphate Availability to Rainfed Soybean on Vertisol

  • Author: S.K. Dubey

• Mushroom Spent Rice Straw Compost and Composted Coir Pith as Organic Manures for Rice

  • Author: D. Selvi Ranganathan, D. Augustine Selvaseelan

• Effect of Mushroom Spent Compost in Combination with Fertilizer Application on Nutrient Uptake by Potato in Ultic Tropudalf

  • Author: D. Selviranganathan, D. Augustine Selvaseelan

• Nitrogen-Boron Interaction in Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var botrytis L.) on an Alfisol

  • Author: Shivaputra C. Kotur

• Forms of Sulphur and Suitability of Sulphur Extractants for Linseed Crop Grown on Vertisols of Madhya Pradesh

  • Author: P.N. Bapat, B.L. Sharma, G.S. Rathore, R.S. Khamparia

• Sulphur Fertilization for Increased Production of Summer Moong [Vigna radiata L.]

  • Author: Jogendra P. Singh, I.C. Tarafdar, B.R. Gupta

• Effect of Foliar Spray of Iron and Sulphur on Fruit Yield of Chlorotic Acid Lime

  • Author: P.C. Patel, M.S. Patel, N.K. Kalyanasundaram

• Preliminary Diagnostic Soil Fertility Norms for Alphonso Mango (Mangifera indica L.)

  • Author: H.B. Raghupathi, B.S. Bhargava

• Interactive Effects of Salinity and Nitrogen on Mineral N Status in Soil and Growth and Yield of German Chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla)

  • Author: Arun Prasad, D.D. Patra, M. Anwar, D.V. Singh

• Classification of Soils Buried by Allochthonous Material

  • Author: S.K. Ray, R.S. Reddy

• Effect of Major Land Uses on Soil Characteristics of Alfisols in Meghalaya

  • Author: Madhumita Das, R.P. Singh, S.K. Khan

• Plasmic Fabric of Vertisols of the Purna Valley of India III Relation to their Cracking

  • Author: S.S. Balpande, S.B. Deshpande, D.K. Pal

• SHORT COMMUNICATION

  Seed and Oil Yield of Mustard as Influenced by Fertilizer Use and Supplemental Irrigation in Bltal Tract of Gujarat

  • Author: V.V. Sonani, A. Das, M.S. Jakasaniya, G.G. Patel, P.T. Patel

• Effect of Eucalyptus tereticornis Litter on Properties of a Sodic Soil

  • Author: Harinder Singh, Gurbachan Singh, Jaspal Singh

• Nutrient-Enriched Mint Residue Compost and its Manurial Value

  • Author: Amitabha Chattopadhyay

• Effect of Sewage Effluent and Sludge on the Transformation of Organic Nitrogen in Sewage-Fed Fish Pond Soil

  • Author: P.K. Saha, L.N. Mandal

• Effect of Herbicide Butachlor on Nitrogen Transformation and Soil Microbes

  • Author: A.K Shukla, R. Mishra

• Phosphorus Fractions as Affected by Different Land Uses in Acid Hill Soils of Manipur

  • Author: Kailash Kumar, Mausumi Raychaudhuri

• Distribution of Micronutrient Cations In Vertisols Derived from Different Parent Materials

  • Author: I.Y.L.N. Murthy, T.G. Sastry, S.C. Datta, G. Narayanasamy, R.K. Rattan

• Effect of Some Soil Properties on Availability of Micronutrients in Entisols of Meghalaya

  • Author: A.K. Singh, Grace D. Dkhar, P. Nongkynrih

• Available Boron, Cobalt and Molybdenum Status in some Freshwater Fish Pond Soils of Orissa in Relation to Soil Characteristics

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

• Sorption and Desorption of Cobalt in Some Punjab Soils

  • Author: H.S. Baddesha, Kuldip Singh, B.S. Brar

• Exploring Possibility of Using Partly Degraded Agricultural Waste as Carrier for Bio-inoculants

  • Author: S.R. Potdukhe, R.B. Somani

• Influence of Various Sources and Levels of Sulphur on Nodulation, Yield of and Uptake of Nutrients by Chickpea

  • Author: K.G. Kachhave, S.D. Gawande, O.D. Kohire, S.S. Mane

• Effect of Animal Litter on Build-up of Soil Fertility of an Acid Alfisol

  • Author: Madhumita Das, B.P. Singh, S.K. Khan

• Evaluation of Phosphorus Sources on Alluvial Soils with Potato as Test Crop

  • Author: Shashi Pal Singh, Sandeep Singh, Vinay Singh

• Accumulation of Major and Trace Elements in Certain Native Plants from a Part of Nellore Mica Schist Belt, Andhra Pradesh

  • Author: A. Nagaraju, K.S.S. Prasad

• Response of Pea Genotypes to Applied Zinc on Calciorthents

  • Author: R.B. Sinha, R. Sakal, A.P. Singh, N.S. Bhogal

• Critical Levels of Manganese for Wheat in Aridisols

  • Author: S.P. Gupta, V.K. Gupta, Ram Kala

• Response of Rainfed Maize to Integrated Nutrient Management Based on Targetted Yield Concept in a Typic Hapludalf

  • Author: Sarita Jha, V.K. Suri, T.S. Verma

• Efficiency of Lime in Improving Properties of Acid Alfisols of North-West Himalayas

  • Author: S. Kumar, T.S. Verma

• Impact of Layering Surface Soil with Sand on Salt Build-up and Performance of Wheat under Saline Water Table Condition

  • Author: M.C. Oswal

• Evaluation of the Infiltration Hazard of Saline-Sodie and Sodie Waters in an Illitie Sandy Loam Soil

  • Author: D.R. Sharma, P.S. Minhas

• Dissolution of Phosphates as Influenced by Soil Moisture Regimes and P Solubilizing Microorganisms

  • Author: Manju Gupta, S.R. Bhriguvanshi

• BOOK REVIEW

  Manures and Fertilizers

• OBITUARIES

  Dr S.C. Yadav

• Dr Nasir Ahmad