Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science

Table of Contents

• RESEARCH NOTE

  70th Annual convention of the Indian society of soil science: A brief report

• Inaugural address by the chief guest

  • Author: C. Ramasamy

• Address by the guest of honour

  • Author: N. Balaraman

• Managing natural resources for increasing agricultural production in Eastern India

  • Author: A.K. Sarkar

• Soil physical environment: A key to sustainable agriculture

  • Author: V.S. Tomar

• Improving the recovery efficiency of fertilizer nitrogen in cereals

  • Author: Jagdish K. Ladha

• Micronutrient stresses in soils and crops: Serious sickness and clinical approaches for sustainable agriculture

  • Author: G.V. Malewar

• Chemistry of nitrogen transformation in submerged soil and scientific management of urea fertilizer for higher rice productivity

  • Author: D. Panda

• Changing paradigms in land management systems

  • Author: J. Venkateswarlu

• Managing soil quality for sustainable agriculture

  • Author: B. Mishra

• Optimizing root system – Root zone relationship for efficient water use

  • Author: R.B. Sharma

• Tsunami and coastal aquaculture: Implications for soil profile, structure and productivity

  • Author: S. Ayyappan, M. Muralidhar, M. Krishnan

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Influence of catenary soils on water use efficiency and yield of rainfed soybean in Vidarbha region

  • Author: D.K. Mandal, D. Esther Shekinah, P. Tiwary, O. Challa

• Flocculation of swelling clay suspensions in relation to sodium adsorption ratio and Ca:Mg ratio

  • Author: A.K. Nayak, Anil R. Chinchmalatpure, G. Gururaja Rao, S. Palani Chamy, M.K. Khandelwal

• Effect of organic acids and silicate on phosphorus concentration, buffering capacity and release threshold level in soil

  • Author: Pratap Bhattacharyya, S.C. Datta

• Kinetics of sulphate adsorption in some alfisols of Orissa

  • Author: P.K. Das, S.K. Sahu, N. Acharyya

• Survival of soybean rhizobia in summer and proliferation during monsoon in vertisols of Central India

  • Author: K.P. Raverkar, Ajay , S.B. Gupta, D.L.N. Rao

• Soil erosion in relation to rainfall characteristics in small watersheds in Shivalik foothills

  • Author: Pratap Bhattacharyya, V.K. Bhatt, A.K. Tiwari, Y. Agnihotri

• Effect of soil water conservation practices on root growth, yield, nutrient removal and quality of pea and tomato crops

  • Author: M.L. Verma, R.K. Sharma, A.R. Bhandari

• Influence of long-term use of inorganic and organic manures on soil fertility and sustainable productivity of rainfed groundnut in alfisols

  • Author: D. Balaguravaiah, G. Adinarayana, S. Prathap, T. Yellamanda Reddy

• Changes in salinity and sodicity of soils with continuous application of contaminated water near industrial area

  • Author: J.K. Saba

• BOOK REVIEW

  Manual on soil, plant and water analysis

• OBITUARIES

  Obituary