Vol. 11, Special Issue 7 (2022)

Author(s):
Bhorania Nirali C, SG Savalia, HL Sakarvadia and Kiran Yadav

Abstract:
The present study was conducted to evaluate the fertility status of soils by collecting 240 surface soil samples in the year 2018-19. Samples were collected from four distance locations starting from 0 km of the sea coast (Bhavnagar, Amreli, Gir Somnath and Junagadh district) to 20 km towards inland. The distance between the sample locations was about 5 km from cultivated fields of different district of coastal region of South Saurashtra of Gujarat region. The results revealed that the available N, P₂O₅ and K₂O content in soil increased with increase in distance from sea cost. The overall mean values of available N in soil 253, 253, 283 and 301 kg ha^-1, available P₂O₅ in soil 15.78, 22.53, 24.21 and 19.44kg ha^-1 and available K₂O in soil 313, 334, 334 and 288 kg ha^-1 were observedat 0 to 5 km distance from sea coast, while, the overall mean values of available N in soil 365, 322, 359 and 365 kg ha^-1, available P₂O₅ in soil 32.80, 34.94, 32.85 and 23.37 kg ha^-1 and available K₂O in soil 432, 501, 470 and 362 kg ha^-1 were observedat 15 to 20 km distance from sea coast in Bhavnagar, Amreli, Gir Somnath and Junagadh district, respectively. Whereas, overall mean values of soil available N, P₂O₅ and K₂O contentin 0 to 20 km distance from sea coast were 308, 25.01 and 373 kg ha^-1, respectively.