Agricultural Science Digest, volume 22 issue 2 (june 2002) : 105 - 107
EFFECT OF SOIL CHARACTERISTICS ON TERMITE INFESTATION IN MANGO ORCHARDS·
S.K. Singh··, G. Singh
1G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology,
Pantnagar - 263 145, India
Chief Editor:
Arvind kumar
Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural Uni., Jhansi, U.P., INDIA
ABSTRACT
Soil samples were collected from mango orchard of various places and analysed. Termite soil galleries on trees in the all orchard have higher organic carbon, phosphorus and potash than the surrounding soil. While termite soil galleries have lower pH than the surrounding soil. As the sand per cent increased in soil the per cent infestation also increased at all places except I.A.R.I. and Kiccha. Clay per cent in soils of Upeda, Rohenda and Khurja gave negative value of r.
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