Vol. 11, Issue 2 (2022)

Author(s):
Basta Ram, Ajeet Pratap Singh, Vijay Kant Singh, Nidhi Luthra and Anil Nath

Abstract:
The different land-use system has a significant impact on soil chemical properties. In order to ascertain the effect of different land-use systems on soil chemical properties, the present study was carried out at Norman E. Borlaug Crop Research Centre, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar. The land-use systems selected for study were T₁ (rice–potato–okra), T₂ (rice–pea (vegetable)–maize), T₃ (sorghum multi-cut (fodder)–yellow sarson–black gram), T₄ (rice-wheat–green gram), T₅ (rice–berseem + oat + mustard (fodder)–maize + cowpea (fodder)), T₆ (guava + lemon), S₇ (poplar + turmeric), T₈ (eucalyptus + turmeric), T₉ (fallow (uncultivated land))T₁ (rice – potato – okra), T₂ (rice – pea (vegetable) – maize), T₃ (sorghum multicut (fodder) – yellow sarson – black gram), T₄ (rice – wheat – green gram), T₅ (rice – berseem + oat + mustard (fodder) – maize + cowpea (fodder)), T₆ (guava + lemon), S₇ (poplar + turmeric), T₈ (eucalyptus + turmeric), T₉ (fallow (uncultivated land)). The highest value of were obtained for organic carbon (1.51%), organic matter (2.59%), available soil nitrogen (312.00 kg ha^-1), available soil phosphorus (24.80kg ha^-1) and available soil potassium (259.11 kg ha^-1) under T_8, which was significantly higher than T₉. According to the above-mentioned result, soil under agroforestry based land-use systems was found to be better soil fertility concerning soil chemical properties than other land-use systems.