Available sulphur status of Dooars tea soils

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dc.contributor.author Ghosh, J.J.
dc.contributor.author George, U.
dc.contributor.author Barpujari, N.
dc.contributor.editor Jain, N.K.
dc.date.accessioned 2008-12-17T13:47:41Z
dc.date.available 2008-12-17T13:47:41Z
dc.date.issued 2006
dc.description This item was scanned with a HP 4850 Scanjet at 300 dpi and consists of 9 pages. en
dc.description.abstract Available sulphur was determined on 5077 soils from the tea growing areas of Dooars (North Bengal), received for routine soil testing between 2000-2003. Over 43% of the soils had more than the critical limit of 40 ppm available sulphur. A distinct geographical trend in sulphur availability was observed, with the four western sub-districts showing a greater frequency of high available sulphur than the three eastern sub-districts. As expected, increased organic carbon in the soils could be correlated by a quadratic equation to the available sulphur status. Three sub-districts, Chulsa, Binnaguri and Dalgaon did not show a high correlation between organic carbon and available sulphur. Surprisingly, a negative linear relationship could be observed between soil pH and available sulphur, in all but the Jainti sub-district. This may be compounded by a negative correlation between soil pH and organic carbon status, in all but the Binnaguri, Kalchini and Jainti sub-districts. en
dc.identifier.citation Ghosh, JJ, George, U & Barpujari, N 2006, 'Available Sulphur Status of Dooars Tea Soils', International Journal of Tea Science, vol. 5, no. 3&4, pp. 1-9. en
dc.identifier.issn 0972-544X
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/8455
dc.language.iso en en
dc.publisher International Society of Tea Science (ISTS) en
dc.rights International Society of Tea Science (ISTS) en
dc.subject Camellia sinensis en
dc.subject Soil organic carbon en
dc.subject.lcsh Tea -- India -- Dooars en
dc.subject.lcsh Sulphur en
dc.subject.lcsh Soil acidity en
dc.subject.lcsh Soils -- Testing en
dc.subject.lcsh Soil physical chemistry en
dc.title Available sulphur status of Dooars tea soils en
dc.type Article en


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