Abstract: Soil health management for sustaining crop productivity is a major challenge of recent years to meet the food demand and nutritional security of increasing population. Nutrient are chemical elements that are essential for the growth of plants as well as fertility of soil. The beneficial role of various elements added to soil for the improvement of plant growth has been known in agriculture for more than 2000 years. For effective management of soil quality, assessment of soil health and periodic monitoring is foremost important step. The mineral composition of various plants growing in soil cannot always be used as criterion for establishing the essential or non-essential nature of an element. The plant nutrients are divided into macronutrients and micronutrients. The essentiality of micro nutrient is proved long before the role in crop production was recognized.
In this connection, the soil quality status of Neemuch district of Madhya Pradesh was assessed. The developed soil quality assessment protocol is very simple and can be easily adoptable. Periodic monitoring and assessment of (at least once in five years) of soil quality status can be very useful for enhancing crop productivity and sustaining soil health of the region.
Keywords: Soil quality, Nutrient, Soil health.
Title: Comparative Assessment of Soil Quality in Neemuch District of Madhya Pradesh
Author: DR. PRIYANKA DHALWANI, HINA HARIT
International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations
ISSN 2348-1218 (print), ISSN 2348-1226 (online)
Vol. 11, Issue 2, April 2023 - June 2023
Page No: 89-93
Research Publish Journals
Website: www.researchpublish.com
Published Date: 02-June-2023
