US EPA

8221767 

Journal Article 

Nutrient analysis of soil samples collected from Yercaud Road, Salem District, Tamilnadu, India 

Krishnaveni, M; Kalimuthu, R; Ponraj, K; Magesh, P; Lavanya, K; Jasbin Shyni, G 

2014 

26 

1 

216-217 

English 

The soil was assessed for the identification of nutrients in the area selected. The area selected for the study was roadsides of Yercaud from adivaram to top bend, Salem District, Tamil Nadu, India. Hence, the soil was collected at three different locations at the roadside of bend1 (Sample 1), between bend 10 and 11 (Sample 2) and third location within two kilometers from twentieth bend (Sample 3). The results observed at these three locations exhibited variations in their nutrient content. The humus content in sample 3 was 88.13 mg/kg, and it was 73.25 mg/kg for sample 2, but it was found to be high with sample 1 showing 97.59 mg/kg. Likewise, the mineral content of the soil samples collected at three different locations showed promising results. The observed mineral content was high (246.18 mg/kg) for the sample 2. Whereas it was low for other soil samples collected at two different locations. The present study was done to assess the adequacy, deficiency of the nutrients prevailed in the soil. 

Humus; Nutrients; Yercaud road