Soil fertility status of available micronutrients and mapping in Beguru Microwatershed of Tarikere Taluk of Chikkmagaluru District, Karnataka, India

Abstract

To know the soil available micronutrients status of Beguru microwatershed of Tarikere Taluk of Chikkmagaluru district. The investigation was conducted at college of Agriculture Shimoga. Surface (103) soil samples were collected grid-wise by using cadastral map of study area and were analyzed for their fertility status. The value of pH, electrical conductivity, and organic carbon was ranged from 5.21 to 9.27, 0.035 to 0.507 dS m-1 and 0.39 to 1.28 g kg-1 respectively. Available micronutrients iron, manganese, zincs and copper was ranged from 4.17 to 21.70 mg kg-1, 2.74 to 17.50 mg kg-1, 0.16 to 1.10 mg kg-1, 0.41 to 2.49 mg kg-1 respectively. Available micronutrients such as Zinc are deficient but iron, manganese and copper were sufficient in these soils of micro-watershed.