Quantitative land evaluation procedures, namely USDA Land Capability Classification (LCC) and FAO Land Evaluation Procedure for Soil Site Suitability for various land utilization types have been used to assess the land suitability for different crops and for generating cropping pattern for kharif (summer) and rabi (winter) seasons in a watershed.

The state government will soon come up with a comprehensive soil nutrient map that will have details of the various types of soil found in the state. The map is expected to be complete by September this year.

As more and more multibillion-dollar projects for sequestering carbon dioxide (CO2) deep within the Earth seek financial support, human-formed fertile black soils in the Amazon basin suggest a cheaper, lower-tech route toward the same destination.

Tropical forests can capture carbon FORESTS hold the centrestage in climate change. They can reduce carbon emissions up to 10-20 per cent of what has been projected by 2050. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has said that the greatest potential for carbon capture exists within tropical forests. Based on this assumption, there are plans to offset the build-up of atmospheric

Although soils are generally considered to wet readily, some are actually water-repellent at the surface. This communication presents the recent progress in relating the severity of water repellency to different soil management practices and land uses under the lower Himalayan region of India.

C. Jaisankar

RAMANATHAPURAM: It is a dream come true for 33 members of various families of Vedhakaran Valasai near Thiruppullani in the district, as they are about to reap profits by cultivating groundnut and vegetables in their 10.5-acre land, which was barren for the past 30 years, thanks to community farming.

Hisar: A national seminar on

The present work reports on the habitat characteristics of some weeds of pulses crop field. Reported weeds are more adapted in the Gangetic alluvium soil under certain climatic factors.

In the present study, red lateritic soil and farmyard manure were used in seven compositions for raising seedlings of Albizia amara. The emergence of seedlings increased with increasing the ratio of farmyard manure (67.7 to 89.3%) while pure farmyard manure lodged 71.4%.

A field experiment was conducted at Agronomy farm, S. K. N. College of Agriculture, Jobner to study the effect of compaction on bulk density, hydraulic conductivity and moisture content of soil during kharif seasons of the year 2002 and 2003.

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