M.R. Wagan
Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Crop Production, Sindh Agriculture University, Tando jam
I. Rajpar
Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Crop Production, Sindh Agriculture University, Tando jam
M.I. Keerio
Department of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry Faculty of Crop Production, Sindh Agriculture University, Tando jam
A.A. Yousifzai
Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Crop Production, Sindh Agriculture University, Tando jam
ABSTRACT
Salinity is one of the major factors for low crop production in the district Larkana, Sindh, Pakistan. To assess the salinity problem, salt-affected soils of taluka Ratodero, district Larkana were surveyed. Composite (100) soil samples of four (0-20, 20-40, 40-60, and 60-80 cm) depths from 25 excavated soil profiles were collected and analyzed. Most of the soil samples were medium to heavy in texture, alkaline in reaction (ph 7.7 - 8.8) and non-saline to strongly saline (EC 0.67 - 40.20 dSm-1) in nature. These soils were placed into 4 different classes i.e. Non-saline, Saline, Saline-sodic and Non-saline-sodic. It was further observed from the profiles excavated at salt-affected areas, that some profiles were superficially and others were deeply salt-affected.
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M.R. Wagan, I. Rajpar, M.I. Keerio and A.A. Yousifzai, 2002. Salinity Problem in Taluka Ratodero District Larkana, Sindh Pakistan. Journal of Applied Sciences, 2: 719-722.
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2002.719.722
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jas.2002.719.722
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2002.719.722
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jas.2002.719.722