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Impact of Long Term Nutrient Management on Soil Quality Indices in Rice-Wheat System of Lower Indo-Gangetic Plain

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  • Nirmalendu Basak

    (Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur 741252, West Bengal, India
    Division of Soil & Crop Management, ICAR—Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal 132001, Haryana, India)

  • Biswapati Mandal

    (Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur 741252, West Bengal, India)

  • Sunanda Biswas

    (Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur 741252, West Bengal, India
    Division of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, ICAR—Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, Delhi, India)

  • Piu Basak

    (Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur 741252, West Bengal, India)

  • Tarik Mitran

    (Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur 741252, West Bengal, India
    Soil and Land Resources Assessment Division, Land Use Mapping and Monitoring Group, National Remote Sensing Centre, Hyderabad 500037, Telangana, India)

  • Bholanath Saha

    (Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur 741252, West Bengal, India
    Dr. Kalam Agricultural College, Bihar Agricultural University, Kishanganj 855107, Bihar, India)

  • Arvind Kumar Rai

    (Division of Soil & Crop Management, ICAR—Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal 132001, Haryana, India)

  • Md. Khairul Alam

    (Soils Unit, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council, Farmgate, Dhaka 1215, Bangladesh)

  • Arvind Kumar Yadav

    (Department of Agronomy, Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University, Jobner 303329, Rajasthan, India)

  • Ashim Datta

    (Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur 741252, West Bengal, India
    Division of Soil & Crop Management, ICAR—Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal 132001, Haryana, India)

Abstract

Globally, soil degradation is an important issue for sustainable crop production. Soil quality indicators are the soil attributes that address the ecological functions of soil. Therefore, indicator-based soil quality assessment has been emphasized for quantifying the relative soil quality changes in different nutrient management systems. Soil quality underthe rice ( Oryza sativa L.) and wheat ( Triticum aestivam L.) cropping system was assessed using a modified “Soil Management Assessment Framework (SMAF)” model. Soil’s physical, chemical, nutritional, and biological indices were analyzed for different nutrient management strategies, viz ., inorganic fertilizer (NPK), NPK + 7.5 Mg ha −1 farmyard manure (NPKF), NPK + 10.0 Mg ha −1 paddy straw (NPKP) and NPK + 8.0 Mg ha −1 Sesbania sesban L. green manure (NPKG). Nutrient management strategies significantly influenced soil quality indices. NPKF showed the highest SMAF score for soil physical quality index followed by NPKP > NPKG > NPK and control; whereas the score of soil chemical quality was greater in NPKP followed by NPKF/NPKG > NPK > control ( p > 0.05). Overall, the soil nutritional quality index was greater in NPKF (0.96) followed by NPKG > NPKP > NPK, and the least was in control. The SMAF score of soil biological quality index was highest in NPKF compared to NPKG > NPKP > NPK > control. The wholesome index of SMAF (SQI) was developed withthehighest score in NPKF (0.94) followed by NPKG (0.90) > NPKP (0.89) > NPK (0.79) > control (0.71). The β- glucosidase activity, mineralizable C, KMnO 4 oxidizable N, microbial biomass C, and total water-stable aggregates explained 82% variability in the dataset and represented a good agreement with system yield ( R 2 = 0.89, p < 0.05). This study concludes that the conjunctive application of NPK with manures restores the overall soil quality more than other management practices, and thatthe SQ indices can be utilized for screening the best management practices for rice-wheat and other similar cropping systems.

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  • Nirmalendu Basak & Biswapati Mandal & Sunanda Biswas & Piu Basak & Tarik Mitran & Bholanath Saha & Arvind Kumar Rai & Md. Khairul Alam & Arvind Kumar Yadav & Ashim Datta, 2022. "Impact of Long Term Nutrient Management on Soil Quality Indices in Rice-Wheat System of Lower Indo-Gangetic Plain," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(11), pages 1-15, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:11:p:6533-:d:825057
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