Assessment of the effects of land use pattern on distribution of sulphur fractions in soil
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In the present investigation, various forms of sulphur (S) viz., total S, organic S, inorganic S and available S were estimated in soils under four different land uses viz., Rice-rice, rice-green gram, mango orchard and a fallow. Soils samples were taken up to a profile depth of 0.60m at 3 depths i.e. 0-0.20m, 0.20-0.40m and 0.40-0.60m. The
soils were found to be slightly acidic to moderately acidic in reaction (5.83-6.59), showing an increase along the depth irrespective of the land use pattern. Soil organic carbon (SOC) content (mean 5.5 gkg-1) was found well above the low level of SOC in soils. Calcium carbonate content, bulk density and clay content of soils didn’t maintain any definite pattern along the depth. All forms of S were found to decrease along depth irrespective of the land use patterns. The available S content ranged from 12.2 to 21.4mgkg-1 of soils. The relative preponderance of all the forms of S followed the order: mango orchard> fallow> rice-rice> rice-green gram. On an average organic S and available S fractions constituted 93 and 6 per cent of total S respectively. A correlation matrix revealed that all the forms of S maintained a significant positive correlation with SOC content while a negative correlation with pH of the soils. The results of the study will be useful in managing the different fractions of S in soils in order to maintain its availability well above the critical level.
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Available S, Bulk density, Forms of S, Land use, SOC
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Williams, C.H. and Steinbergs, A. (1959). Soil sulphur fractions and chemical indices of available sulphur in some Australian soils. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research. 10: 340-352.
Zhao, F.J., Wu, J. and McGrath, S.P. (1996). Soil organic sulphur and its turnover. In A. Piccolo (Ed.), Humic Substances in Terrestrial Ecosystems. Amsterdam: Elsevier. pp. 467-506.
Zhou, W., He, P., Li, S. and Lin, B. (2005). Mineralization of organic sulfur in paddy soils under flooded conditions and its availability to plants. Geoderma. 125:85-93.
Balanagoudar, S.R. and Satyanarayana, T. (1990). Depth distribution of different forms of Sulphur in Vertisols and Alfisols. Journal Indian Society of Soil Science. 38: 634-640.
Balsa, M.E., Serrao, M.G., Martins, M.M., Castelo-Branco, M.A., Gusmao, M.R. and Fernandes, M.L. (1996). Effects of Pyrite Residue Amendment on Sulfur Availability in a Calcareous Soil Cropped with Sown Pasture in Fertilizers and Environment C. Rodriguez-Barrueco, editor. Kluwer academic Publ., Printed in the Netherlands. pp 453-455.
Basumatary, A., Das, K.N. an Borkotoki, B. (2010). Interrelationships of sulpur with soil properties and its availability index in some rapessed-growing Inceptisols of Assam. Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science. 58:394-402.
Biederbeck, V.O. (1978). Soil organic sulfur and fertility. In: Schnitzer, M., Khan, S.M. ŽEds.., Soil Organic Matter. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 273–310.
Blum, S. Ch., Lehmann, J., Solomon, D., Caires, E.F. and Alleon, L.R.F. (2013). Sulfur forms in organic substrates affecting S mineralization in soil. Geoderma.200–201: 156–164. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.02.003.
Borkotoki, B. and Das, K.N. (2008). Forms of sulphur and their relationship with soil roperties in Entisols, Inceptisols and Alfisols of Assam. Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science. 56:186-191.
Chesnin, L. and Yien, C.H. (1950). Turbidimetric determination of available sulphates. Soil Science Society of America Proceedings. 15: 149-151.
Das, K.N., Basumatari, A. and Borkotoki, B. (2012). Forms of sulphur in some rapeseed-growing soils of Assam. Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science. 60: 13 –19.
Das, K.N., Basumatary, A. and Borkotoki, B. (2011). Interrelationship of forms of sulphur with its availability indices and soil properties in Entisols of Assam. Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science. 59:134-140.
Dhamak, A.L., Meshram, N.A. and Waikar, S.L. (2014). Comparative Studies on Dynamics Soil Properties and Forms of Sulphur in Oilseed Growing Soils of Ambajogai Tahsil of Beed District. IOSR Journal of Agriculture and Veterinary Science. 7(12):98-102.
Fox, R.L., Olsen, R.A. and Rhoades, H.F. (1964). Evaluation of sulfur status of soils by plant and soil tests. Soil Science Society of America Proceedings. 28: 243-246.
Freixo, A.A., Machado, P.L., Santos, H.P., Silva, C.A. and Fadigas, F.S. (2002). Soil organic carbon and fractions of a Rhodic Ferralsol under the influence of tillage and crop rotation systems in southern Brazil. Soil & Tillage Research. 64:221-230.
Gahan, J. and Schmalenberger, A. (2014). The role of bacteria and mycorrhiza in plant sulfur supply. Frontier in Plant Science.5 (723): 1-7.
Habtamu, A., Heluf, G., Bobe, B. and Enyew, A. (2014). Fertility Status of Soils under Different Land uses at Wujiraba Watershed, North-Western Highlands of Ethiopia. Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. 3(5):410-419.
Jackson, M.L. (1973). Soil chemical Analysis. Prentice Hall of India Private Limited, New Delhi.
Janzen, H.H. and Ellert, B.H. (1998). Sulfur dynamics in cultivated temperate agroecosystems. In: Maynard, D.G. ŽEd.., Sulfur in the Environment. Dekker, New York, pp. 11–43.
Javed, A., Sandeep. S. and Katiyar, D.K. (2014). Forms of sulphur in Wheat growing soils of Agra district of Uttar Pradesh. Annals of Plant and Soil Research. 16(2): 148-150.
Kotur, S. and Jalali, V.K. (2008). Forms of sulphur and their relationship in soils of different agro climatic zones of Jammu region. Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science. 56: 306 – 312.
Kowalenko, C.G. (1993a). Extraction of available sulfur. In: Carter, M.R. ŽEd.., Soil Sampling and Methods of Analysis. Lewis Pub., Boca Raton, FL, pp. 65–74.
Matano, A.S., Kanangire, C.K., Anyona, D.N., Abuom, P.O., Gelder, F.B., Dida, G.O., Owuor, P.O. and Ofulla, A.V.O. (2015). Effects of Land Use Change on Land Degradation Reflected by Soil Properties along Mara River, Kenya and Tanzania. Open Journal of Soil Science. 5: 20-38.
Misra, U.K., Das, C.P. and Mitra, G.N. (1990). Forms of sulphur in some soils of Orissa in relation to relevant soil' properties. Journal of Indian Society of Soil Science. 38: 61-69.
Murthy, D., Kirschbaum, M.U.F., McMurtrie, R.E. and McGilvray, H. (2002). Does conversion of forest to agricultural land change soil carbon and nitrogen? A review of the literature. Global Change Biology. 8: 105–123.
Padhan, D. (2014). Sulphur fractions in soils of long-term experiments with various management practices and cropping systems under different agro-ecological zones of India. M.Sc Thesis pp. 1-70.
Probert, M.E. (1980. Sulfur in Australia”. In: Freney JR, Nicholson AJ (eds), Australian Academy of Science, Canberra. pp. 158-169.
R Diaz, M., Buenob, J., Gonza´lez-Prietoa, S.J. and Carballasa, T. (2005). Cultivation effects on biochemical properties, C storage and 15N natural abundance in the 0-5 cm layer of an acidic soil from temperate humid zone. Soil and Tillage Research.84: 216-221.
Ram, M. and Diwedi, K.N. (1994). Delineation of sulphur deficient soil groups in central alluvial tract of Uttar Pradesh. Journal of Indian Society of Soil Science. 42: 284-286.
Reddy, K.R. and DeLaune, R.D. (2008). Biogeochemistry of Wetlands: Science and Applications. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. pp. 447-454.
Saggar, S., Hedley, M.J.and Phimsarn, S. (1998). Dynamics of Sulfur transformations in grazed pastures. In: Maynard, D.G. ŽEd.., Sulfur in the Environment. Dekker, New York, pp. 45–94.
Sharma, R.K. and Jaggi, R.C. (2001). Relationships of forms and availability indices of sulphur with properties of soils of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science. 49: 698 – 702.
Solomon, D., Lehmann, J., Tekalign, M., Fritzsche, F. and Zech, W. (2001). Sulfur fractions in particle-size separates of the sub-humid Ethiopian highlands as influenced by land use changes. Geoderma. 102:41-59.
Tabatabai, M.A. and Bremner, J.M. (1972b). Forms of sulfur, and carbon, nitrogen, sulfur relationship, in Iowa soils. Soil Science. 114:380-386.
Tripathi, S.B., Singh, R.S. and Tripathi, S.K. (2000). Distribution of sulphur in Ustrochrepts under cultivation of fodder and natural grass cover. Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science. 48: 608-611.
Wakney, N.C. (2001). Assessment of Important Physicochemical Properties of Nitosols under Different Management Systems in Bako area, Western Ethiopia. (M.Sc. thesis), Alemay University, Ethiopia.
Walkley, A. and Black, C.A. (1934). An examination of different methods for determining soil organic matter and the proposed modification by the chromic acid titration method. Soil Science. 37: 29-38.
Williams, C.H. and Steinbergs, A. (1959). Soil sulphur fractions and chemical indices of available sulphur in some Australian soils. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research. 10: 340-352.
Zhao, F.J., Wu, J. and McGrath, S.P. (1996). Soil organic sulphur and its turnover. In A. Piccolo (Ed.), Humic Substances in Terrestrial Ecosystems. Amsterdam: Elsevier. pp. 467-506.
Zhou, W., He, P., Li, S. and Lin, B. (2005). Mineralization of organic sulfur in paddy soils under flooded conditions and its availability to plants. Geoderma. 125:85-93.
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Assessment of the effects of land use pattern on distribution of sulphur fractions in soil. (2016). Journal of Applied and Natural Science, 8(3), 1685-1691. https://doi.org/10.31018/jans.v8i3.1023
