PEDOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE OF RAVINE EROSION SITES WITH IN GIRD REGION OF MADHYA PRADESH

B. MEENA¹, A. SINGH²*, S.S. YADAV³, S.S. BHADAURIA⁴, P.A. KHAMBALKAR^5
1Department of Soil Science & Agril. Chemistry, College of Agriculture, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior, 474002, Madhya Pradesh India
²Directorate of Extension Services, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior, 474002, Madhya Pradesh India
³Department of Soil Science & Agril. Chemistry, College of Agriculture, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior, 474002, Madhya Pradesh India
⁴Directorate of Extension Services, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior, 474002, Madhya Pradesh India
⁵Department of Soil Science & Agril. Chemistry, College of Agriculture, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior, 474002, Madhya Pradesh India
* Corresponding Author : akhileshsingh01@gmail.com

Received : 17-07-2018     Accepted : 26-07-2018     Published : 30-07-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 14       Pages : 6687 - 6690
Int J Agr Sci 10.14 (2018):6687-6690

Keywords : Soil Management, Physical and chemical properties of soil, erosion, ravine, soil dispersion, soil structure
Academic Editor : Subhash Thakur
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author’s thankful to the Niche Area of Excellence, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior, 474002, Madhya Pradesh India. Author also thankful to the, Division of Education, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi for their funding support and facility provided during the course of study
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

Erosion is a common feature in Gird region of Madhya Pradesh, rendering large expanses of arable land, uncultivable and uninhabitable. Erosion in the area was classified into two types: Deep erosion (Chambal Ravine), medium (Kunwari and other tributaries of Chambal and Yamuna) and minimum erosion (Agriculture field). The current study aimed at providing insight into physical and chemical properties of soil that promote soil erosion and determine the ravine/gully formation type. Field studies were conducted at 3 sites (2 eroded and 1 Minimum- eroded). Physical (particle size distribution, structure stability and dispersibility), and chemical (pH, exchangeable cations, total-C, and total-N) properties of soil samples collected from the sites were analyzed in the laboratory. The results showed High infiltration rate and higher soil dispensability resulted to loss of heavy soil mass due to fragile soil structure and hollow out at the soil layer of stream floor might induce the fall down of the above soil mass successively are major factors contributing to the formation of deep and medium type of ravine erosion. Soils of the eroded sites and the non-eroded sites differed mainly on the basis of soil structure stability, water infiltration rate, and soil dispersibility and low organic carbon content in eroded soil. Susceptibility of soil layers to erosion also depended on the magnitude of ESP and sand content.

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