The soil nutrient status of Shirpur taluka of Dhule district, Maharashtra

Soil and water are the most important natural resources and all the basic needs of human beings and plants depend on these natural resources. Soil testing is an essential method for evaluating the soil's nutrient-supplying capacity. In the present study, 37 soil samples were collected from different locations of Tajpuri and Hisale villages of Shirpur Taluka, Dhule district. The chemical parameters such as soil pH, EC, organic carbon, available nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium from soil were determined by using standard procedures. The result shows that the pH of all the soil samples from both the villages was reported in the neutral to alkaline range with mean values of both the villages Hisale and Tajpuri were 7.47 and EC were in normal range with mean values of 0.27 dSm-1 and 0.25 dSm-1 and fit for crop production. The organic carbon content in both villages found in the medium range with the mean of Hisale and Tajpuri villages were 0.59 % and 0.60 %. In Hisale village the available nitrogen and a greater number of samples were in low range, available phosphorus and potassium in medium range. Concern to Tajpuri village most of the samples of available nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium were in medium range.