Secondary and micronutrient status of soil from Kal amba command area of konkan region of Maharashtra

An investigation entitled, “Secondary and micronutrient status of soil from Kal Amba command area of konkan region of Maharashtra” was conducted to study the secondary nutrients and micronutrients in the soil from Kal Amba command area. A total of 320 soil samples from sixty-four villages of Mangaon and Roha tehsil of Raigad district were collected randomly and were analyzed for the soil properties viz., Available Ca, Available Mg, Available S and Micronutrients viz., Fe, Mn, Zn and Cu by following standard analytical methods. The data revealed that the exchangeable magnesium, available iron and available zinc are found to vary. However, the soils are found to have sufficient amounts of available manganese and copper and have high amounts of exchangeable calcium and available sulphur.