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Indian Journal of
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Indian Journal of Agricultural Research, volume 46 issue 3 (september 2012) : 275-280

CRITICAL LIMIT OF AVAILABLE BORON FOR RICE IN ALLUVIAL ZONE SOILS OF WEST BENGAL

P. Debnath*, S.K. Ghosh
1Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Sciences, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur-741 252, India

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Cite article:- Debnath* P., Ghosh S.K. (2025). CRITICAL LIMIT OF AVAILABLE BORON FOR RICE IN ALLUVIAL ZONE SOILS OF WEST BENGAL. Indian Journal of Agricultural Research. 46(3): 275-280. doi: .

ABSTRACT

A pot culture experiment was conducted on rice to study critical limit of boron (B) in soils of alluvial zone of West Bengal. The hot water soluble B in these soils was found to be positively and significantly correlated with pH, organic carbon, CEC, and per cent dry matter yield of rice, B concentration in plant tissues and B uptake by shoots. The critical concentration of soil available B and plant tissues B was worked out to 0.35 and 12.0 mg kg 1, respectively below which appreciable responses to B application were observed. The average dry matter yield increasesd with increasing level of B application upto 0.5 mg kg 1. The response to B application in rice on B deficient soils was found to be 55.9%.

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