Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science

Table of Contents

• RESEARCH NOTE

  62nd Annual Convention of the Indian Society of Soil Science: A Brief Report

• Presidential Address*

  • Author: D.K. Das

• Rural Communities and Sustainable Land Management and Soil Survey Information Dissemination - A Common Ground to Forge

  • Author: M. Velayutham

• About the Memorial Lecture

• Clay Research in India

  • Author: S.K. Ghosh

• Indian Agriculture -Profile of Land Resources, Crop Performances and Prospects**

  • Author: I.C. Katyal

• Micronutrient Research and Crop Production in India

  • Author: D.L. Deb

• Dr. B.V. Mehta - A Short Biographical Sketch

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Rooting Pattern and Yield of Rice (Oryza sativa L.) as Influenced by Soil Water Regimes

  • Author: Ranbir Singh, R.P. Tripathi, J.C. Sharma

• Identification of Water Deficit and Surplus Periods and Prediction of Profile Water Content from Surface Soil Water Status in Upland of Tripura

  • Author: B.K. Bhattacharya, S. Mitra, M. Datta

• Effect of Nitrogen and Soil Water Regimes on Soil-Plant-Water Relationship, Yield and Water Use Efficiency of Summer Sunflower

  • Author: P.R. Bharambe, J.B. Bhalerao, S.R. Oza

• Nitrogen Management in Cotton Through Drip Irrigation

  • Author: P.R. Bharambe, S.K. Narwade, S.R. Oza, V.G. Vaishnava, D.K. Shelke, G.S. Jadhav

• Physical Characterization of Soils in Two Command Areas of Assam

  • Author: P.R. Sarma, P.K. Bordoloi, T.C. Baruah, K.N. Das, N. Borah

• Kinetics of Reaction of Fulvic Acid-Iron Complexes in Soils

  • Author: S.B. Pandeya, A.K. Singh

• Pattern of P Availability in Different Soils as Assessed by Different Adsorption Equations

  • Author: G.S. Toor, G.S. Bahl, A.C. Vig

• Potassium Release Characteristics of Some Soils in the Watershed Areas of Phulbani District, Orissa

  • Author: P.K. Das, N. Acharya, H.K. Das, G.C. Sahu

• Kinetics of Nonexchangeable Potassium Release by Organic Acids from Mineralogically Different Soils

  • Author: Ch. Srinivasa Rao, S.P. Datta, A. Subba Rao, S.P. Singh, P.N. Takkar

• Zinc Fractions in Some Rice Growing Soils of Orissa

  • Author: A.K. Pal, P.R. Das, S.K. Patnaik, B. Mandal

• Lime-Rhizobium Interaction on Soybean in Kanhaplohumult of Manipur Hills

  • Author: Mausumi Raychaudhuri, Kailash Kumar, S. Raychaudhuri

• Acid Tolerant Strains of Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria and their Interactions in Soybean-Wheat Crop Sequence

  • Author: Sudhansu S. Pal

• Evolution of Carbon Dioxide on Decomposition of Coirpith in Oxisols

  • Author: S. Jothimani, P.K. Sushma, A.I. Jose, G. Allirani

• Leaching Losses and Use Efficiency of N in Rice as Influenced by Modified Gypsum Urea

  • Author: A.K. Tripathi, T.A. Singh, M. Singh

• Efficiency of Ammonium Polyphosphate and Diammonium Orthophosphate for Wheat on a Typic Ustochrept Varying in Available Phosphorus

  • Author: N.K. Tomar, R.S. Pundir

• Release of Phosphorus from Partially Acidulated Rock Phosphate in a Typic Ustifluvent

  • Author: R.K. Basak, G.K. De

• Availability of Phosphorus in Soil and its Concentration in Black Gram (Urd) as Influenced by Superphosphate Coated with Different Materials

  • Author: Ram Prakash, L.P. Verma, Room Singh

• Influence of Diluted Spent Wash of Sugar Industries Application on Yield of and Nutrient Uptake by Sugarcane and Changes in Soil Properties

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

• Yield of Summer Crops and Changes in Soil Nutrients as Influenced by Applied Fertilizers in Bidi Tobacco-Based Cropping System

  • Author: P.T. Patel, M.T. Parmar

• Dynamics of Zinc and Zinc-Enriched Organic Manures in Soils of Tamil Nadu

  • Author: T. Chitdeshwari, R. Krishnasamy

• Genesis of Iron Oxide Concretions in Oxisols, Ultisols and Alfisols of North Karnataka

  • Author: P.L. Pattil, G.S. Dasog

• Pedology and Edaphology of Bem:hmark AcH Soils of North-Eastern India

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

• Characterization of Some Aquepts Occurring in Assam Valley

  • Author: T. Bhaitacharyya, U. Baruah, S.K. Gangopadhyay, Dileep Kumar

• Characteristics, Genesis and Classification, of Soils of Minicoy Island, Lakshadweep

  • Author: S. Vadivelu, A.K. Bandyopadhyay

• Micromorphology of a Typic Natrustalf

  • Author: A.K. Raina, S.C. Pharasi, S.D. Sharma, K.G. Prasad

• Irrigability and Productivity Classifications of Some Typical Soils of Sedentary and Alluvial Origins

  • Author: V.N. Singh, B.B. Mishra

• Impact of Soil Sodicity on Performance of Some Tree Species: A Study of Spatial Variability

  • Author: A.D. Mongia, Pradip Dey, Gurbachan Singh

• SHORT COMMUNICATION

  Fine Sand and Silt Mineralogy of Some Inceptisols and Vertisols of Trans Yamuna Plain in Relation to Landforms

  • Author: C.S. Walia, Y.S. Rao

• Calibration of Troxler Depth Moisture Gauge

  • Author: B.K. Bhattacharya

• Fodder Production System and Its Influence on Properties of Typic Dystrochrept

  • Author: U. Deka, S.K. Buragohain, T.C. Baruah

• Adsorption and Desorption of Aluminium in Acid Soils of Karnataka

  • Author: K. Veerabhadra Rao, R. Ananthanarayana

• Effect of Organic Materials on Ammonhl Volatilization Losses from Urea under Submerged Condition

  • Author: D. Sihag, J.P. Singh

• Iron Fractions in Alluvium-Derived Soils of Punjab

  • Author: H.S. Randhawa, S.P. Singh

• Micronutrient Status in Soils of Northern Telangana of Andhra Pradesh under Turmeric Cultivation

  • Author: T. Vijaykumar, M. Suryanarayan Reddy, V. Gopala Krishna

• Characterization of Lignite Mine Spoil

  • Author: R. Senthil Kumar, K. Sekar

• Enrichment of Compost by Bioinoculants and Mineral Amendments

  • Author: M.C. Manna, J.N. Hazra, N.B. Sinha, T.K. Ganguly

• Effect of Various Nitrogen Levels through FYM and Urea on Yield, Uptake of Nutrients and Ascorbic Acid Content in Chilli (Capsicum annuum L.)

  • Author: P.J. Chavan, Syed Ismail, G.B. Rudraksha, G.U. Malewar, M.I. Baig

• Effect of Incorporation of Citronella Spentgrass in a Soil on Nitrogen Economy and Yield of Citronella (Cymbopogon winterianus Jowitt.)

  • Author: K. Putianna, E.V.S. Prakasa Rao

• Phosphorus Availability from Tunis Rock Phosphate as Influenced by Organic Amendment and Biofertilizer

  • Author: U. Bagavathi Ammal, Rani Perumal, S. Mahimairaja

• Phosphorus-Cadmium Interaction Effect on Yield of and Content of P and Cd in Rice

  • Author: S.P. Gupta, N.C. Pandey, B.S. Panwar

• Evaluation of Soil Test Methods for Predicting Response of Rice to Sulphur Application on Old Alluvial Soils

  • Author: S. Tiwari, R. Sakal

• Occurrence of Relatively Shallow Vertisols in Central India

  • Author: Shashi S. Yadav, Jagdish Prasad, S.T. Gaikawad

• Response of Woody Species to Methods of Irrigation and Amendments in Calcareous Sodic Soils

  • Author: Gurbachan Singh, Ravi Bhat, K. Sammi Reddy, N.T. Singh