Abstract
The information on the pedotransfer function of soil is vital for crop cultivation planning and management. The present study evaluated the pedotransfer function of ten locations (different villages) in the Kalyanpur block of Bihar state, India. The various soil parameters like soil texture, infiltration rate, soil penetration resistance, Bulk density, porosity, water holding capacity, available water content, field capacity, permanent wilting point, gravimetric moisture content and organic carbon were evaluated. The infiltration rate and soil penetration resistance were measured in the field and other parameters were evaluated in the laboratory with suitable techniques. The observed data of the above parameters were analyzed for given locations. A good coefficient of determination (R2 = 0.61) was discovered for the linear relationship between the infiltration rate as determined by the double ring infiltrometer and the soil penetration resistance (measured using a cone penetrometer down to a depth of 60 cm). Further, the nomographic representation of soil texture, final infiltration rate (mm h−1) and weighted mean of penetration resistance (kPa) was also developed. Furthermore, the regression analysis was done on five combinations (C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4 and C-5) of obtained parameters in which infiltration rate was taken as output and other parameters as input parameters to develop the pedotransfer model. Based on the obtained results, all combinations showed good correlation and C-3 with input parameters such as sand, silt, clay, porosity, GMC and AWC were found superior with good coefficient of determination values (R2 = 0.914). C-3 combination has the edge over C-4 combination (input: sand, silt, clay, porosity and organic carbon), having R2 values of 0.910. Therefore, the information obtained from the study will be helpful for policymakers in irrigation and other crop cultivation activities.
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