JOURNAL OF

SOIL AND WATER

CONSERVATION NEW SERIES
Vol. 20, No. 4 ISSN: 0022-457X OCTOBER-DECEMBER 2021

Contents

Soil-site characterization on crop productivity in Alfisols of Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India 355
R. SRINIVASAN, RAJENDRA HEGDE, V. KASTHURI THILAGAM and S. NAVEEN KUMAR
Productivity, potentiality and soil-site suitability evaluation for rice crop in the Ghiladhari 365
watershed of Assam
BIPUL DEKA, MARAMI DUTTA and D.K. PATGIRI
Greening of Chambal ravine: Site-specific approach for sustainable development 375
S.K.VERMA, ANIL K.SINGH, AKHILESH SINGH and JAGDISH PRASAD
Comparison of the erosion prediction models– A case study of coastal region 386
S.B. NANDGUDE, S.S. SALUNKHE, V.T. SHINDE, M. SINGH and R.K. SAHU
Land use/land cover analysis based prioritization of micro watersheds of Jhelum basin, 395
North Western Himalayas using Geospatial Techniques
MOHD AYOUB MALIK, MUSHTAQ A.WANI, SHEIKH UMAR and JASIR MUSHTAQ
Application of remote sensing and GIS technology for identification and development of 402
management scenario of critical agricultural watershed
LOVE KUMAR, DHIRAJ KHALKHO, V.K. PANDEY, M.P. TRIPATHI and PRASHANT SINGH
Low cost groundwater recharge technology for poor quality groundwater areas in Agra and 411
Bharatpur region
R.B. SINGH, M.J. KALEDHONKAR, P.K. SHISHODIA, S.K. CHAUHAN and R.S. CHAUHAN
Delineation of Springsheds (Recharge Zones) for the springs in Garhwal region of 418
Uttarakhand, India
VINAY KUMAR RATHI, SHOBHA RAM, AVINASH AGARWAL and R.K. NEMA
Effect of conservation agriculture on soil hydrothermal regimes, crop evapo-transpiration and 424
water productivity of wheat crop in the semi-arid region of North-Western India
REKHA KUMARI MEENA, ANANTA VASHISTH and T.K. DAS
Effect of moisture conservation practices on performance of cluster bean under rainfed 431
condition
N.K. PAREEK, S.L. GODARA, ANAND KUMAR, SHRI RAKESH and AMIT KUMAWAT

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Wet and dry spell analysis for crop planning using Markov’s chain model 436
D.P. MAVALE, M.G. SHINDE, V.S. MALUNJKAR and V.N. BARAI
Development of Rainfall-Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) curves for Ranikhola Watershed, 447
Gangtok, India
M. WANGSU, R.K. ISAAC and N. TIRKEY
Development and testing of a spiral tube water wheel pumping system 455
KAMALKANT and JITENDRA SINHA
Potassium application in split can boost up the vegetative growth and economic productivity 462
in direct seeded rice
MANISH RAJ, MAINAK GHOSH, SWARAJ KUMAR DUTTA, ARNAB ROY CHOWDHURY, MAHENDRA
SINGH, AMIT KUMAR PRADHAN, S.N. SINGH, KUMARI RASHMI, SANJAY KUMAR, Y.K. SINGH and ANSHUMAN
KOHLI
Short Communication
Seasonal changes in sequestered soil organic carbon under short dry and tall wet grasslands of 468
Jhilmil Jheel wetland, Haridwar - Uttarakhand, India
M. SALIM
List of Reviewers during the year 2021 473