Effect of a Decade Old Tree Stands on Some Properties of Soils while Revegetating Sodic Wastelands

Abstract

A field study was conducted to compare the influence of a Eucalyptus hybrid, Prosopisjuliflora and Terminalia arjuna plantations of about one decade old on the physico-chemical properties while revegetating sodic wasteland at Biomass Research Centre in Banthra (of National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow) India. The relative effectiveness of these species in enrichment/improvement of the sodic soil was in the order of P. juliflora > T. arjuna > E. hybrid. Results of experiments have also indicated that the pattern of tree roots growth synchronised with the depth of improvement and helped in an accumulation and retranslocation of soil nutrients for developing soil vegetation system on such sites.