Central Soil Salinity Research Institute Bharuch

I want to know Activities/Achievements of Central Soil Salinity Research Institute Bharuch unit , so would you plz tell me about the same here ??

[Arvind Kumar]

Central Soil Salinity Research Institute Bharuch unit was established at Anand, Gujarat in February, 1989 and subsequently shifted to Bharuch.

Activities/Achievements

Diagnostic study on secondary salinisation in canal command areas

Guidelines to group sodic Vertisols under different salinities on the basis of hydraulic conductivity, bulk density and critical coagulation concentration

Conjunctive use of saline water with surface water for field crops

Forage grasses for moderately saline black soils (ECe, 8 – 16 dS m-1)

Dill (Anethum graveolens) cultivation on saline black soils

Salvadora persica on highly saline black soils

Cotton-pulse intercropping for saline Vertisols of the Bara tract

Rain water harvesting and groundwater recharging

Integrated farming system model for saline Vertisols

Standardization of technique for use of Industrial effluent in agriculture

Package of practices for cultivation of halophytic plants and seed spice crops

Agro technology for halophytic grasses and forage species on salt affected Vertisols

Salt tolerant cotton genotypes

Halophytic plant and halophytic microbes for salinity management in Vertisols

Extension Activities

Rainwater harvesting and recharging structures in farmers’ fields

Coordination with KVKs for management of salt affected soils

Developing Salvadora nursery using saline water

Biosaline agriculture of forage grasses

Activities under Mera Gaon Mera Gaurav for benefit of farmers

Participation in the farmers’ meets and addressing the gathering on problems pertained to soil salinity and ways to manage them

Address
RRS, Bharuch:
Regional Research Station,
Maktampur,
P.O. Bharuch -392 012
Gujarat
Phone: 91-02642-225688
Fax : 91-02642-225673