Agricultural Soil Study through Electrical Coductivity and their Relationship with Micronutrients of Bhuj Region in Kutch District

Abstract

Agriculture soils 1500 samples representing fifty villages of Bhuj tehsil of Kutch district in Gujarat state were investigated. . All samples were collected from Government of Gujarat under soil health card programme. Soil samples were collected by authorized locally trained farmers and brought for analysis to Soil Test Laboratory of Bhuj. Standard Methods were applied for the soil analysis. Soil parameters, namely pH, EC, C, P, K, Fe, Cu, Zn, Mn, Ca, Mg, S were considered for study and analysis. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate agricultural soil through electrical conductivity and their relationship with micronutrients. Discriminate analysis and Correlation analysis are used for statistical data treatment.  In this study the electrical conductivity of all samples (100%) is in salt free (0-2) range and it shows that the study area fairly good for agriculture. The result shows that the available micronutrients Cu, Zn and Mn are positively correlates while as Fe negatively correlates with electrical conductivity. This work concludes that the application of statistical analysis can give a scientific stand for agriculture soil fertility management.