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Bajrang Bali* and B.L. Kumawat
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agriculture University, Bikaner- 334006 (Rajasthan), India
Email: bajrangverma5@gmail.com
Received-24.01.2017, Revised-08.02.2017
Abstract: The survey of ground water quality on soil salinity and chemical composition of mustard crop of Gharsana tehsil, district Sriganganagar, Rajasthan” was undertaken to assess the quality of ground water and its effect on physico-chemical properties of soils and chemical composition of mustard. Forty ground irrigation water samples along with their corresponding forty surface (0-15 cm depths) soil and mustard plant samples were collected from different villages of Gharsana tehsil. The quality of irrigation water were analyzed for physico-chemical characteristics such as pH, ECiw, SAR, RSC and potential salinity and it was found that majority of ground waters of the study area are not suitable for irrigation purposes. The effects of quality of irrigation water on the soil salinity were determined. The results showed that all irrigated fields have high salt concentration as indicated by pH2, EC2 and SAR2 values of soil samples. Saline water increased the soil salt. Thus, the salts accumulation in soil was closely related to the salt concentration of irrigation water, and there was a progressive and significant increase in soil salinity values as the potential salinity of irrigation water increases. Use of high ECiw (8.60 dS/m), pH (9.69), SARiw (18.61), RSCiw (12.30 me/L) and potential salinity (71.61 me/L) of ground water decreased the per cent K+ and Mg+2 content in mustard plant leaves due to relative dominance of Na+ ion resulting increased Na+ and Ca+2 content.
Keywords: Ground water quality, Salinity, Correlation, Mustard
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