Plant Materials For Saline Alkaline Soils
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Factors affecting crop production – climatic – edaphic ...
www.eagri.org• Soil pH affects crop growth and neutral soils with pH 7.0 are best for growth of most of the crops • Soils may be acidic (<7.0), neutral (=7.0), saline and alkaline (>7.0) • Soils with low pH is injurious to plants due high toxicity of Fe and Al. • Low pH also interferes with availability of other plant nutrients. C. BIOTIC FACTORS
Major affects of soil acidification
vro.agriculture.vic.gov.auneutralising materials such as lime and base rich organic matter (Ridley et al. 1992, Myers and De Pauw 1995). Some soils of a granitic nature already have serious subsoil acidity problems which inhibits the growth of plant matter and exacerbates dry land salinity as these soils are generally located in recharge areas.
Soil Bulk Density as related to Soil Texture, Organic ...
www.ijsrp.orgtwo samples were acidic, four samples were alkaline and two were neutral. The values of electrical conductivity (0.1 - 0.26 ds /m) showed that all soil samples were normal i.e. non saline in nature. Organic Carbon and Organic Matter Content of soil samples A conversion factor of 1.72 is commonly used to convert