Soil is a store house for organic and inorganic plant nutrients and water. Some soils are rich in organic and humus contents and are more productive while others are less productive and have very poor percentage of organic contents. The soil is subjected to a continuous and simultaneous depletion or loss and addition of soil resources. The term soil [...]
The main aims of soil conservation are as follows: (1) To protect the soil from erosion. (2) To maintain the productive capacity of the soil. Soil erosion is a natural phenomenon by which soil is removed from rocks. Accelerated erosion due to misuse of resources of land, water and soil is today one of the most difficult and pressing problems [...]
1. Laterite or Lateritic Soils or Latosols: Laterite is generally reddish or yellowish red in colour which turns black on exposure to sun. This group of soil occupies belts of various widths around the peninsular zone. Such soils occur on the plateau of Malwa, Madhya Pradesh, Central India, Bihar, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Eastern and Western Ghats, Assam, Bengal, Hyderabad covering [...]