Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science

Table of Contents

• RESEARCH NOTE

  66th Annual Convention of the Indian Society of Soil Science: A brief report

  • Author: G. Narayanasamy

• The State of Indian Soil Science and Challenges to be Faced during Twenty-first Century*

  • Author: P.K. Chhonkar

• Colloid Chemical Properties of Soil Humic Substances: A Relook

  • Author: Saroj Kumar Sanyal

• Fertilizer Use Situation in India

  • Author: J. C. Katyal

• Efficient Management of Micronutrients for Sustainable Crop Production

  • Author: Ram Sakal

• The Sense Behind Traditional/Indigenous Land Husbandry Systems

  • Author: J. Venkateswarlu

• Strategies of Carbon Sequestration on Degraded Soils

  • Author: Pratap Narain

• Need for Sustaining Balanced Supply of Micronutrients in Soil Rather than Their Correction

  • Author: R. T. Dangarwala

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Derivation of Soil Moisture Retention Characteristics from Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity

  • Author: C.P. Kumar, S.M. Seth

• Effect of Soil Moisture Regimes with Drip on Spatial Distribution of Moisture, Salts, Nutrient Availability and Water Use Efficiency of Banana

  • Author: P.R. Bharambe, M.S. Mungal, D.K. Shelke, S.R. Oza, V.G. Vaishnava, V.D. Sondge

• Leaching of Nitrogen Applied as Urea from Undisturbed Alluvial Soil Columns under Continuous and Intermittent Flooding

  • Author: M.E. Shibu, B.S. Ghuman

• Effect of Green Manuring and Tillage Practices on Physical Properties of Puddled Loam Soil under Rice-Wheat Cropping System

  • Author: S.S. Ray, R.P. Gupta

• Measurement of Ammonia Volatilization from Sesbania and Farmyard Manure Applied in Flooded Soils Varying in pH and Cation Exchange Capacity

  • Author: T.J. Purakayastha, J.C. Katyal, N.N. Goswami

• Effect of pH on Cadmium Sorption in Untreated and Farmyard Manure Treated Soil from a Semi-arid Region

  • Author: A.K. Deka, S.R. Poonia

• RESEARCH METHOD

  Nitrogen Fractions and their Relationships with Mineralizable N and its Uptake by Crops in a Long-term Fertilizer Experiment

  • Author: I.M. Sarawad, Dhyan Singh, D.S. Rana, K. Kumar

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Evaluation of P Availability Indices for Pearl Millet

  • Author: N.S. Dhillon, Balwinder Singh, S.R. Bishnoi

• Relationships of Forms and Availability Indices of Sulphur with Properties of Soils of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh

  • Author: Rakesh K. Sharma, R.C. Jaggi

• Diagnosis and Recommendation Integrated System (DRIS) Approach for Diagnosing the Nutrient Status of Kinnow Fruit Trees

  • Author: H.S. Hundal, C.L. Arora

• Soil Test Crop Response Calibration Studies on Onion (Allium cepa) in Alfisols

  • Author: M. Meena, S. Riazuddin Ahmed, K. Chandrasekhara Reddy, B.R.C. Prasad Rao

• Effect of Five Years of Rice-Wheat Cropping and NPK Fertilizer Use with and without Organic and Green Manures on Soil Properties and Crop Yields in a Reclaimed Sodic Soil

  • Author: N.P.S. Yaduvanshi

• Chemical Characteristics of an Acid Sulphate Soil from Kerala Amended with Lime and Flyash

  • Author: V. Ramesh, P.K. Chhonkar

• Characterization and Classification of Paleosols in Part of South India

  • Author: D. Dutta, S.K. Ray, R.S. Reddy, S.L. Budihal

• Characteristics and Classification of Some Orange Growing Soils in Nagpur District of Maharashtra

  • Author: Jagdish Prasad, M.S.S. Nagaraju, Rajeev Srivastava, S.K. Ray, P. Chandran

• SHORT COMMUNICATION

  Impact of Tillage and Organics on Soil Physical Properties at Different Depths and Growth Stages of Sorghum in a Typic Haplustalf with Sub-soil Hard Pan

  • Author: B. Rajkannan, C.S. Balasundaram, A. Basker, D. Selvi

• Relationship between Oxidizable and Total Organic Carbon Content in an Inceptisol after Twenty-seven Years of Soybean-Wheat Cropping

  • Author: B.N. Ghosh, Ved Prakash, S. Kundu, R.D. Singh, H.S. Gupta

• Characterization of Iron-toxic Soils in the Flooded Valleys of the High Rainfall Zone of Tamil Nadu

  • Author: S. Suresh, P. Savithri

• Characteristics of Coal Mine Spoils

  • Author: M.K. Ghose, N.K. Kondu

• Response of Cluster bean to Glomus mosseae and Rhizobium in an Arid Soil Fertilized with Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Farmyard Manure

  • Author: J.C. Tarafdar, A.V. Rao

• Total Nitrogen Balancing in Sole- and Inter-cropped Sorghum-Maize-Soybean Sequence under Integrated Nitrogen Supply in an Inceptisol

  • Author: V.P. Duraisami, Rani Perumal, A.K. Mani

• Soil Fertility Limit in Relation to Optimum Yield of Nagpur Mandarin (Citrus reticulata Blanco)

  • Author: A.K. Srivastava, Shyam Singh

• Interaction Effects of Zinc and Boron on Yield, Nutrient Uptake and Quality of Mustard (Brassica juncea L.) on a Typic Haplustert

  • Author: G.U. Malewar, S.D. Kate, S.L. Waikar, Syed Ismail

• A Closer Look at the Once Overlooked Indian Epipedons and Reclassification of a Black Soil Group

  • Author: S. Vadivelu, D. Sarkar

• Characterization of Kandi Belt Soils of Jammu Region as Affected by Different Land Use Patterns

  • Author: J.P. Gupta, M.P. Sharma, G.D. Gupta

• Seasonal Fluctuation in Salinization of Soil and Ground Water and its Spatial Heterogeneity with Time

  • Author: Madhumita Das, B. Maji

• Chromium Contamination of Water Resources and Soils of Carpet Industrial Area of Eastern Uttar Pradesh

  • Author: A.K. Singh, P.L. Gupta, H.P. Agrawal