Evaluation Of Physico-Chemical Properties And Micronutrient Status In Hot Semi-Arid Eco-Region Of Beed District, Maharastra (India)

To meet the requirement of ever population the judicious use of available natural resources with respect to its potential supply of nutrients and elements from soil as vital natural resource is very important. In the current scenario the study of soil fertility status with physico chemical properties has increased markedly because deficiency of major and micronutrient occurs frequently which might be happened due to continuous and intensive multiple cropping with the use of high yielding cultivars which may have higher demand for nutrient also use of fertilizer that have high analysis fertilizer with small amount of macro and micronutrient contamination fertilizers. Less use of animal manures ,crop residues ,compost also use of soils that are inherently low in nutrient reserves and induced natural and anthropogenic factors which are limited to supply the adequate plant nutrient and turns nutrient imbalance. Hence, studies on evaluation of Soil Fertility Status in Hot Semi-Arid Eco-Region of Beed District, Maharastra (India was undertaken to know the need for assessment of fertility status of Beed area. An investigation was carried out for 440 representative soil samples selected from 11 tehsils of Beed district of Maharashtra state in 2019 -2020 by using standard methodology for collection of soil sample. Soil samples were tested for physico chemical properties i.e.pH, EC.O.C, ,CaCO 3, ,macro nutrients N,P,K,, S,and micro nutrients Zn,Fe,Cu,Mn and B. The analysed values showed pH range up to 7.66 with average values 6.95 -8.78 i.e slightly neutral to slightly alkaline ,conductivity with range 0.35 in average of 0.09-0.99 in suitable ranges of germination, organic carbon ranges up to 5.25 having average of 1.0- 12.4, calcium carbonate ranges 118.87 while average values 83.2-163.6 indicate existence of calcarious to non calcareous soils. The soils from Beed district were found very low to moderate in zinc and iron with 0.12 -2.88 mg kg -1 and 0.05-17.54 mg kg -1 range , respectively. However available DTPA-Extractable copper , manganese and available boron content observed moderate to sufficient in range of 0.26 -13.82,0.92-17.25 and 0.08-26.73 mg kg -1 , respectively. Hence it is observed that zinc availability is very low which depend on parent material, organic matter, and the availability of zinc decreased with increase in pH, organic carbon and CaCO 3 content From this investigation it is deduced that low medium to high nutrient status was found in different sitess of the Beed district., To maintain fertility of soil, farmers have to tested their soils to obtain good crop yield.