SOIL AND LEAF NUTRIENT STATUS OF DASHEHRI MANGO ORCHARDS OF GARHWAL HILLS OF UTTAR PRADESH

摘要

Nutritional survey was conducted in selected 38 Dashehri mango orchards of Doon Valley and Kofdwara Bhabar area of Pauri, a promising mango growing area of Garhwal hilis. The results showed that the soils were of sandy loam to loam with acidic (pH 6.3) reaction. The 85 per cent soil samples were of medium to high status in organic carbon and low, low to medium and medium to high status in respect of available N, P and K, respectively. The leaf N,P, K, Ga and Mg c .ntents were 0.23-3.71%, 0.04-0.48%,0.40-1.10%, 0.20-0.90%, and 0.12-0.60%, respectively in these orchards. The 32 and 10 / per cent orchards were deficient in N and Ga, respectively. The fruit yield was recorded 4.3 to 9.37 t/ha.