PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF ACCRETED SOILS OF SAINT  MARTIN’S ISLAND, SOUTHEAST BANGLADESH

Md. Tipu  Sultan; Shaikh Motasim  Billah

doi:10.53808/KUS.2017.14.1and2.1632-L

Authors

Md. Tipu Sultan Soil, Water and Environment Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna 9208, Bangladesh
Shaikh Motasim Billah Soil, Water and Environment Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna 9208, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53808/KUS.2017.14.1and2.1632-L

Keywords:

Accreted land, Saint Martin’s Island, high yielding soils, chemical attributes

Abstract

This research was conducted to observe the constraints of rice cultivation in accreted char land of Saint Martin’s Island soils were analyzed and compared with normal reference land of Batiaghata, Southwest Bangladesh for same variety of rice (BR-11). The soil pH ranged from 7.63 to 7.74, EC 5.49 dS.m-1 to 8.24 dS.m-1, CEC 37.87 Cmol(+) kg-1 to 52.13 Cmol(+) kg-1 , total N 0.086 to 0.11%, available P 1.6 to 2.38 µg.g-1 , available K 149.73 to 184.93 µg.g-1 , available S 134.33 to 178.33 µg.g-1 , available Ca 1333.33-1600 µg.g-1 , available Mg 800-1066.7 µg.g-1 , available Na 545.11-1362.77 µg.g-1 , Cl- 591.67-828.33 µg.g-1 , HCO3 - 0.122-0.183%, Organic Carbon 12-15.73 g.kg-1 and the soil texture was sandy clay loam. The pH of reference Batiaghata soil was 7.2, EC 3.13 dS.m-1 , CEC 27.83 Cmol(+) kg-1 , total N 0.17%, available P 7.93 µg.g-1 , available K 125.93 µg.g-1 , available S 340.1 µg.g-1 , available Ca 1062.7 µg.g-1 , available Mg 763.33 µg.g-1, available Na 238.25 µg.g-1 , Cl- 110 µg.g-1 , HCO3 - 0.047%, Organic Carbon 60.2 g.kg-1 and the soil texture was clay loam. Nutrient contents do not differ between the two regions but excess Na+, Mg2+ and percent salts are the main constraints as well as the coarse sand of Saint Martin’s Island which enhanced leaching loss of elements and retard high yield in newly accreted region.

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