SOIL SERIES CHARACTERISTICS AVAILABLE NUTRIENTS AND YIELD IN THE SOILS OF BARAGAON BLOCK DISTRICT VARANASI (UTTAR PRADESH.)

Soils are finite, precious and resources are shrinking. The nutrients control the productivity from the soils and manage the yields of crops. The Baragaon block of district Varanasi was selected for Land Resource Inventory on 1:10000 Scales for optimal Agricultural Land Use Planning using geospatial techniques. Seven soils series were identified and Soil profile samples were collected and analyzed in laboratory for pH, EC, OC, Caco³, N, P, K, and micronutrients Zn, Cu, Fe and Mn. Soil samples were found low in organic carbon, available nitrogen and phosphorus while medium and high in potassium. All samples were found deficient in available sulphur. Significant positive correlations were found to exist between organic carbon and available N, P, K and S status in soil series of Baragaon Block of Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh.