2024, Vol. 7, Special Issue 11

author(s)
SS Shinde, MS Waghmare, SN Shaikh, UK Maurya and VT Sahu

abstract
The present investigation was carried out on the topic “Development of soil based land use planning for sustaining agricultural productivity of Malwati village, Latur district”. The study was aimed at to characterize the soils of the study area to develop land use planning by analysing their physical and chemical properties of the soils. The soils of Malwati village were very shallow to very deep (0 to 140 cm), grayish brown (10YR 3/2) to very dark brown (10YR 4/2) in colour, silty clay loam to clayey in texture, granular to angular blocky in structure. The soils were slightly to moderately alkaline, non-saline, low to moderate in organic carbon content and calcareous in nature. The soils were very low to low in available nitrogen and phosphorus; very high in available potassium and on categorization of the DTPA micronutrients in soil samples, Fe belongs to medium to moderately high category which crosses critical limit, Mn which comes under category of medium to moderately high category which crosses critical limit, Zn which comes under medium to moderately high category which crosses critical limit, Cu which under high category which crosses critical limit. According to soil-site suitability criteria of NBSS and LUP (1994) the soils of Lithic Ustorthents (P1) was marginal suitable for growing sorghum and pigean pea, sugarcane while moderately suitable for soyabean. In case of soil Typic Haplusterts (P2) moderately suitable for sorghum, pigeon pea and sugarcane while highly suitable for soyabean. In case of soil Typic Haplusterts (P3) highly suitable for sorghum, soyabean and moderately suitable for pigeon pea, sugarcane. In case of soil Typic Haplusterts (P4) highly suitable for all the four crops sorghum, pigeon pea, soyabean, sugarcane.