Abstract
Abstract Afield study on the reclamation of a fine‐textured saline‐sodic (non‐gypsiferous) soil was carried out using gypsum, sulfur, pressmud, farmyard manure, and diplachne fusca as reclamation treatments. It was found that farm‐yard manure (FYM) application resulted in significant yield increase of rice compared with bar‐seem and wheat crops. Gypsum at 50% of gypsum requirement (GR) was as effective in increasing yield as applied at 100% GR. Also, gypsum applied at 50% of GR gave significantly better yields than sulfur applied on equivalent basis. The interaction between FYM and gypsum or sulfur was not statistically significant. The use of press‐mud alone did not increase crop yields significantly. Sulfur proved to be a slow reacting amendment than gypsum. The ECe of soil gave high correlation with crop yields compared with SAR of soil. Among the different soil depths, 0–30‐cm soil depth showed the highest correlation with crop yields. The infiltration rate of soil increased significantly from 0.13 to...
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