Micro-Nutrient Indexing of Pear Orchards of Pulwama District in Kashmir, India

Sartaj A. Wani^1*, G. R. Najar¹, Muneeb Ahmad Wani², Malik Sajad³ and Rehana Rasool¹

¹Division of Soil Science, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology-Shalimar, Srinagar, Kashmir 190025.

²Division of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology-Shalimar, Srinagar, Kashmir 190025.

³Division of Plant Pathology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology-Shalimar, Srinagar, Kashmir 190025.

Corresponding Author Email: sartajmess@gmail.com

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.13005/bbra/2397

ABSTRACT: A survey was conducted to assess the micronutrient status and their relationship of   representative pear (Pyrus Communis L.) growing orchards in district Pulwama during 2014-15. Thirty six surface soil samples at 0-30 cm and equal number of leaf samples were collected from the selected pear orchards. Results of the soil chemical analysis revealed that none of the surveyed pear orchards was deficit in available micronutrients and were medium to high in available Zn (0.64-1.60) and Cu (1.30-1.80), high in available Fe (29.88-58.82) and Mn (22.74-59.69) and low to medium status in B (0.64-1.58) and Mo (0.24-0.43) ppm. The micronutrient content of leaf analysis on dry weight basis ranged from 40.41 to 51.45, 12.88 to 16.74, 89.65 to 111.05, 106.84-144.82 and 35.12 to 44.50 ppm. Significant and positive correlation of available Cu, Mn Fe and B with corresponding leaf nutrients (Cu =0.632*, Mn = 0.584*, Fe = 0.715** and B = 0.596*) was recorded. All the available soil and leaf nutrients were in the optimum range except B and Mn which were low in some orchards.

KEYWORDS: Available Micronutrients; Pear orchards; Soil and Leaf Analysis

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