EFFECT OF DIFFERENT DOSES OF LIME APPLICATION ON SOIL - PROPERTIES, GROWTH AND YIELD OF WHEAT GROWN IN HIGH BARIND TRACT
Date
2012
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HAJEE MOHAMMAD DANESH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY, DINAJPUR.
Abstract
The experiment was conducted at Mauza- Tiloni, Village- Boikanthapur under
Sapahar Upazila in Naogaon district during the period from October 2011 to April 2012
to evaluate the effects of iming on changes of soil chemical properties and yield of
wheat. The initial soil was silty loam having pH 4.90, Organic matter 1.92%, total N
0.12%, available P 4.00 ug g', K 0.040 meq 100 g", available Ca 1.50 meq 100 g",
Mg 0.98 meq 100 g'and S 12.00 yg g”. There were six lime treatments viz.T;: Control,
T2 : 0.5 t lime ha! , T; : 1.0 t lime ha”, T; : 1.5 t lime ha", T; : 2.0 t lime ha’', and Tg :
2.5 t lime ha’. Dolochun was used as the liming material. The design of the
experiment was Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD )with three replications.
Every plot received 140.0 kg N, 25.0 kg P, 106.0 kg K, 3.06 kg S, 3.6 kg Zn and 0.6 kg
B ha" from urea, TSP, MoP, gypsum, zinc sulphate (monohydrate) and boric acid,
respectively. Yield and yield contributing characters of wheat were recorded during the
period up to harvest of wheat. The post harvest soils were analyzed for pH. OM,
available P, Ca, Mg and K. The application of different rates of lime to soil
progressively mereased pH, OM and availability of P and sradualiy decreased K, Ca
and Mg in soiis at 30 DAL. The grain yields of wheat were positively correlated with
soil pH. available P, OM, K, Ca and Mg contents of soils. Tiller number plant”, grains
spike", grain yields were significantly affected by liming. The treatment T, (1.5 t lime
ha') produced grain yield of 4.73 t ha! which was statistically significant and different
from other Treatment to those in T), T2, T3, Ts and T, treatments. Liming significantly
increased at 36 DAL pH, OM but K, P, Ca, Mg decreased from 60 DAL up to 120
DAL. Available K, P, Ca and Mg were significantly increased due to application of
lime which was mainly associated with increased wheat yields. The results of this
experiment showed that liming is necessary for wheat cultivation of Amnura soil series
in low pH soil of Barind tract. The application of 1.5 t lime ha’ appears to be optimum
for desired soil pH for wheat (>pH 6.0), increased availability of nutrients and
ultimately increased wheat yield. Further research may be carried out on the effects of
liming on changes soil properties and crops in different cropping patterns in farmer’s
fields for a definite conclusion.
Description
Bangladesh is an agricultural country, more than 70% of her population depends
on farming for their livelihood. Farming systems are basically subsistence in
nature but still important from the national economic point of view . Agriculture
contributes about 19.29% of the total GDP (BBS, 2012). Crop sector alone
contributes 12.28% of the GDP. Bangladesh is a highly populated country and
its population density is increasing day by day. Scarcity of food has become a
chronic problem of this country. To mitigate the food shortage, measures should
be taken to increase total food production.
Keywords
Characteristics and formation, Liming and Soil reaction, Effects of nme on acid soil