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Fly ash tested as substitute of fertilizer, rice husk and gypsum for tree plantation in sodic soils of Uttar Pradesh [1]

A field experiment was conducted in Allahabad District of Uttar Pradesh to test the possibility of utilizing fly ash, in afforestation of sodic soil with Albizia procera, as a substitute of fertilizers and amendments. Fly ash proved to be a good substitute of rice husk, was superior. Similarly the treatments where fertilizer was replaced with fly ash have also shown better performance of plant.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2008
M. K. Gupta [2], S. D. Sharma [3], M. N. Jha [4]
Annals of Forestry [5]
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Tags:
Environment [6], Soil Salinisation [7], Afforestation [8], Uttar Pradesh [9], Allahabad (D) [10], Fly Ash [11], Soil Capability [12]
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[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/soil-salinisation
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/afforestation
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/uttar-pradesh
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/allahabad-d
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[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/soil-capability