Abstract:
Composite soil samples were collected from 92 villages of Sakoli Tehsil of Bhandara district in
Maharashtra state of India, located in north deccan Maharashtra lower plateau in ‘Wainganga’ sub-basin
of ‘Godawari’ basin, during the pre-monsoon season of 2015-2018 and were analyzed for physico chemical properties, available macronutrient and micro-nutrient status using standard methodology. The
results showed that, pH, EC, OC, N, K, P, S, Zn, Fe, Cu, Mn and B were ranging from 6.13 to 7.31, 0.16-
1.27 dSm-1
, 0.27-0.87 %, 115.22-596.37 kg ha-1
, 8.95-109.27 kg ha-1
, 170.20-847.28 kg ha-1
, 0.09-42.11
kg ha-1
, 0.12-4.26 mg kg-1
, 0.24-14.90 mg kg-1
, 0.74-3.86 mg kg-1
, 1.37-23.34 mg kg-1
and 0.11-2.36 mg
kg-1
respectively. Overall 44.7% of total soil samples were in low category, 27.9 % samples were
moderate or medium range and only 27.4 % soil samples were in high category of soil fertility. The
nutrient index of N, P, K and S was 1.54, 2.37, 2.91 and 1.63 respectively. However, nutrient index of
analyzed micronutrients viz., Zn, Fe, Cu, Mn and B was 1.14, 1.49, 2.97, 2.80 and 1.00 respectively.
