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ASSESSMENT OF SOIL AND IRRIGATION WATER QUALITY FOR HIGHER CROP PRODUCTIVITY OF RESEARCH FARM OF ALLAHABAD SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE SHIATS-DU ALLAHABAD (U.P.) INDIA

Yogendra Kumar, *Shobhit Pandy and Arun A. David

ABSTRACT

A study was conducted on the quality of irrigation water and soil (Ganga, Yamuna, Sangam, Research farm of Horticulture and Tube well No 5 of SHIATS-DU, Allahabad), the physical, chemical properties of the soil and water. A split plot experiment with five main Sites with three replication were designed and executed in Ganga, Yamuna, Sangam and research Farm. soil samples were collected from depth of 0-15, 15-30, and 30-45 cm were analyzed for, Soil pore space(%), bulk density(gcm-3), particle density(gcm-3), moisture(%), soil texture(Sandy loam), and EC(dSm-1), pH(1:2 W/V), Total Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Potassium, Zinc, Sulphur, and Magnesium were found to be significantly greater with surface Soil (0-15).The pH, EC, DO,BOD, TDS, BO, Turbidity, Hardness, Na and Cl of first and second soil layers irrigation with wastewater were higher as compared with Ganga, Yamuna, Sangam and SHIATS-DU, Allahabad research farm. The soil EC, Na and Cl content increased with increasing the depth of the soil layer. The fluctuations in nitrogen concentration were opposite to the fluctuation in Cl concentration as the nitrogen content of the soil decreased with increasing the soil depth.

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