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ICRISAT, India Soils:Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow


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1 Dr Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli 415 712, India
2 International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru 502 324, India
3 National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, Amravati Road, Nagpur 440 010, India
 

Associated red and black soils are common in the Deccan plateau and the Indian peninsula. The red soils are formed due to the progressive landscape reduction process and black soils due to the aggradation processes; and they are often spatially associated maintaining their typical characteristics over the years. These soils are subject to changes due to age-long management practices and the other factors like climate change. To maintain soil quality, it is essential to monitor changes in soil properties preferably using benchmark (BM) soil sites. One such example lies at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) farm in Patancheru, India where red (Patancheru) and black (Kasireddipalli) soils co-exist in close association under almost similar topographical condition, which also represents very commonly occurring spatially associated soils. The database generated over the years for these two dominant soils that are under cultural practices for the last 2-3 decades, helps us understand the relative changes in properties over a time scale. To do this exercise, we revisited the BM spots as the data on the original characterization of these soils since the development of the farm, are available, for comparative evaluation. We also attempted to make prediction of future changes in properties for these two important and representative black and red soils of the ICRISAT farm in Patancheru, India.

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Associated Red and Black Soils, Changes, ICRISAT Farm, Monitor, Soil Quality.
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Authors

T. Bhattacharyya
Dr Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli 415 712, India
Suhas P. Wani
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru 502 324, India
D. K. Pal
National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, Amravati Road, Nagpur 440 010, India
K. L. Sahrawat
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru 502 324, India
S. Pillai
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru 502 324, India
A. Nimje
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru 502 324, India
B. Telpande
National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, Amravati Road, Nagpur 440 010, India
P. Chandran
National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, Amravati Road, Nagpur 440 010, India
Swati Chaudhury
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru 502 324, India

Abstract


Associated red and black soils are common in the Deccan plateau and the Indian peninsula. The red soils are formed due to the progressive landscape reduction process and black soils due to the aggradation processes; and they are often spatially associated maintaining their typical characteristics over the years. These soils are subject to changes due to age-long management practices and the other factors like climate change. To maintain soil quality, it is essential to monitor changes in soil properties preferably using benchmark (BM) soil sites. One such example lies at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) farm in Patancheru, India where red (Patancheru) and black (Kasireddipalli) soils co-exist in close association under almost similar topographical condition, which also represents very commonly occurring spatially associated soils. The database generated over the years for these two dominant soils that are under cultural practices for the last 2-3 decades, helps us understand the relative changes in properties over a time scale. To do this exercise, we revisited the BM spots as the data on the original characterization of these soils since the development of the farm, are available, for comparative evaluation. We also attempted to make prediction of future changes in properties for these two important and representative black and red soils of the ICRISAT farm in Patancheru, India.

Keywords


Associated Red and Black Soils, Changes, ICRISAT Farm, Monitor, Soil Quality.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv110%2Fi9%2F1652-1670