Practice Name:

Reclamation of Brackish Soil


Details
Category Soil Management
Crop
Crop Family
Scientific Name
Vernacular Name
Scout HBN
Ingredients Dry leaves of piludi or toothbrush tree (Salvadora persica).
Control Mode

Innovator / Knowledge Provider Bothaji Punjaji Thakor
District Mehsana
KVK District Ganpat University,Kherva Dist: Mehsana
Address district - Mehsana , Gujarat
Languages Spoken
Vocation Farming
State Gujarat
PIN Code 384001

PAS_1 "High soil salinity and alkalinity have degraded about 8.5 million ha of once productive land in India. The severity of the problem is increasing, and several million ha of the canal irrigated area in the arid and semi-arid regions of the country run the risk of being degraded. Increasing human and livestock pressures on available land necessitates protracted efforts to reclaim lands which are already degraded, and to prevent their further degradation. Providing vegetative cover to such lands with suitable woody and herbaceous species can put the these lands to optimal use and also increase the forest cover of the country. The Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, has found that trees of the genus Prosopis or mesquite can be used for the afforestation of salt affected lands. These trees are highly salt tolerant and excellent biomass producers. The technology has been developed for their cultivation in problem areas. This paper deals with various aspects of Prosopis cultivation for the rehabilitation of salt-affected lands. The most widely cultivated species of Prosopis in the world are (P. juliflora), (P. alba), (P. chilensis), (P. cineraria), (P. pallida) and (P. tamarugo)." http://www.fao.org/3/ad321e/ad321e08.htm
PAS_2 "The main aim of the introduction of Prosopis juliflora was to reclaim the saline and alkaline soils and extending the utility as firewood. In spite of that Prosopis juliflora is used for the varied utility." - http://www.ijpab.com/form/2018%20Volume%206,%20issue%201/IJPAB-2018-6-1-1088-1092.pdf
Agro Ecological Zone Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Northern Plain (and Central Highlands) In (4.2), Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat Plains and Hills Region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) North Gujarat zone (GJ-4)
Other Community Practices “Rice as a crop for salt-affected soil in process of reclamation. Pearson, George A., and Alvin Dearing Ayers. Rice as a crop for salt-affected soil in process of reclamation. No. 43. Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, 1957." https://books.google.co.in/books?hl=en&lr=&id=6UgKI66zUDcC&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&dq=Removing+salt+from+soil&ots=kNXezwnqCz&sig=-DTva7rqQpnAzOTvqxAj6Tswkig&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Removing%20salt%20from%20soil&f=false
Practice ID KNW0010000001248
Reference HBN database
Annotation ID GIAN/GAVL/856
State Gujarat
PIN Code 384001