SALINITY EFFECT ON SOIL QUALITY PARAMETERS: A REVIEW

Sudipta Tripathi; A Chakraborty; B K Bandyopadhyay; K Chakrabarti

SALINITY EFFECT ON SOIL QUALITY PARAMETERS: A REVIEW

Sudipta Tripathi ¹, A Chakraborty ², B K Bandyopadhyay ³, K Chakrabarti ¹

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1 Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science, Institute of Agricultural Science, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata-700019, India
2 Department of Agronomy, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, West Bengal, Pin - 741252, India
3 Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Regional Research Station, Canning Town, West Bengal, Pin -743329, India

In India, 8.1 million hectares of land are salt affected. This poses serious problems in agriculture. Sustainable agriculture is related to soil quality. Proper appreciation of quality of a particular soil, demands the knowledge of physico-chemical, biochemical and microbiological parameters. This review deals with physico-chemical, microbiological and biochemical aspects of soil quality for saline soil, in general, and coastal saline soil of India in particular

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