Physicochemical properties of tank silt of Latur and Osmanabad district

The present investigation entitled “Economic assessment of tank silt and tank silt hybridized soils of Latur and Osmanabad district” were carried out to study the total nutrients status of already collected tank silt samples from 25 different tanks (0-150 cm depth). The tank silt of the study area was found alkaline in nature (7.3 to 8.1), low to high organic carbon (0.41 to 7.13) and medium to highly calcareous in nature (3.8-22.5). The total macronutrients status viz. Total N, P, K and S varies from 0.046 to 0.094, 0.027 to 0.073, 0.11 to 1.12 and 0.199 to 0.619 per cent respectively with the mean values 0.065, 0.042, 0.506 and 0.29 per cent respectively. Total micronutrient status in tank silt for total Fe, total Zn total Mn and total Cu range between 4.05 to 7.56, 0.0064 to 0.0124, 0.001 to 0.159 and 0.0014 to 0.0138 per cent respectively with the mean values 5.43, 0.00777, 0.092 and 0.00917 per cent respectively.