Effect of soil physical properties in sugarcane growing tracts of prudential sugar factory zone in Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh

Abstract

The present study was formulated to study the effect of soil physical properties in sugarcane tracts of prudential sugar factory zone in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh. Two hundred and seventy (270) geo-referenced (GPS based) composite surface soil samples (0-15cm) were collected from 8 mandals of Prudential sugar factory zone results revealed that the texture of soils varied from sandy loam to sandy clay loam. The physical constants viz., bulk density ranged from 1.07 to 1.63 Mg m-3, particle density varied from 2.0 to 2.77 Mg m-3, porosity ranged between 36.33 and 58.25 per cent, water holding capacity ranged from 29.76 to 53.91 per cent and volume expansion varied from 1.15 to 21.01 per cent, respectively.