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and irrigated areas in plains, upland and midland in hilly and mountainous region.Components /input requirements: Acid soils suffers from low base saturation andlower pH, these problems can be solved by application of lime based on the limerequirement and selection of suitable crops and variety tolerant to the soil acidity. Limingmaterials are basic slag, paper mill sludge, limestone/dolomite as available in thelocality.System description: Addition of lime is essential for the correction of acidity andimproving the availability of P, Ca, Mg and Mo. Response of liming is more in legumesin comparison to the cereals. The quantity of lime application depends upon the soils andcrop species. Maize, sorghum and Deenanath grass could be grown at 50 - 75% of limerequirement, whereas berseem and Lucerne requires full dose of lime requirement (8.5 t/ha). Frequency of liming has important role in stabilizing soil pH and nutrientsavailability for higher production. The application of lime after five years had beneficialeffect on crop production and soil pH (Table-18). Berseem, maize, teosinte and Lucernewith application of lime @ 5.0-8.5 t/ha gives better yields.Table 18. Effect of rate of lime application on dry forage yield of forage crops inacid soil (pH 5.5 lime requirement (8.5 t/ha)Lime levels(t/ha)BerseemLucerne MaizeDry forage yield (t/ha)SorghumDeenanath grass0 2.8 3.7 5.5 4.4 10.22.5 3.7 4.9 6.2 5.8 12.65 5.8 6.6 6.8 6.6 14.27.5 7.2 8 7.3 7.5 14.58.5 8 8.5 7.3 7.7 14.5Brief package of practice:Liming and fertilizer application are recommended for the reclamation andsuccessful crop production in acid soil conditions.Lime application at the rate of 10% of lime requirement (determined by soil testinglaboratory) gives good response to crops (based on findings of ICAR Networkproject on acid soils).Lime should be applied in furrows along with the basal dose of the nitrogen and fulldose of the phosphorus manually or through seed drill at the time of sowing.
Select the suitable crops and varieties tolerant to acid soil condition as mentioned intable 19 and suitable forage based cropping system given in table 20.The application of phosphorus (80 kg P 0 /ha) and molybdenum (1.0 kg MoO /ha) in2 5 4combined form is more advantageous in producing higher (15-20 per cent) fodderyields of berseem and maize than single application of phosphorus or molybdenum.These nutrients have residual effect on succeeding fodder crops.Table 19. Forage crops and their varieties suitable for acid soilsCrops Varieties Green fodderTable 20. Potential forage production cropping system for acidic soilsyield (t/ha)Cowpea EC-4216, UPC-5286, UPC-4200 25-30Rice bean K-1, K-16, Bidhan-1, Bidhan-2 20-25Oats Kent, JHO-99-1, JHO-99-2, JHO-851 35-40Maize African Tall 30-35Deenanath grass Bundel Dinanath-1, Bundel Dinanath-2, PS-3, Pusa-19 50-60Thin napier Selection 40-60Guinea grass Hamil, PGG-9, PGG-14 80-90Napier bajrahybridNB-21, IGFRI-3, IGFRI-6, CO-2, CO-3 90-120Setaria Nandi, Narok, PSS-1, Kazungula 70-90Cropping system Productivity of greenIntensive croppingfodder (t/ha)Maize/Dinanath grass/teosinte-oat-cowpea 120-135Rice bean/cowpea-oat/maize-cowpea 80-95Teosinte/maize+cowpea-oats-maize+cowpea 105-120Dinanath grass-oats-maize+cowpea 110-130Food-forage croppingUplandRice bean/cowpea-oat/maize-rice(direct seeded)100-11536 Forage Production Technology for Arable Lands
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