Research Article | Published: 01 June 1999

Reclamation of saline and sodic soils through Prosopis juliflora

G. L. Maliwal

Indian Journal of Forestry | Volume: 22 | Issue: 2 | Page No. 132-135 | 1999
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-1999-8O9SOP | Cite this article

Abstract

An experiment was conducted to find out the effect of Prosopis juliflora plantation on reclamation of saline-sodic soils. Prosopis juliflora was planted in the year 1984 in vertic ustochrepts having EC2.5 from 1.0 to 7.1 ds m-1 and ESP 23.7 to 64.0 at different depths in soils profile. The results revealed that the EC 2.5 was lower under Prosopis as compared to fallow (barren) land and decreased from 0.99 to 0.38 ds m-1. The ESP decreased from 17.7 to 6.7 in the span of 7 years. The infiltration rate increased by 100% under Prosopis plantation as compared to fallow barren land. Slight improvement in organic matter and olsen's P2O5 have also been observed. The total biomass production was 17,459 kg/ha in the period of 7 years which gave net profit of Rs. 5170/ha and soils become normal for agricultural production.

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Maliwal, G.L., 1999. Reclamation of saline and sodic soils through Prosopis juliflora. Indian Journal of Forestry, 22(2), pp.132-135. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-1999-8O9SOP

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Manuscript Published on 01 June 1999

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