Assesment of soil physico-chemical quality indicators in rice soils of Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu, India

An assessment soil quality indicators study was conducted in rice growing block of cuddalore district viruthachalam. The present investigation entitled “Assessment of soil quality Indicators under nutrient management systems in different rice growing districts of Tamil Nadu ”was carried out during 2018 with the objectives: To assess the soil physico- chemical and biological quality parameters in rice soils of Tamil Nadu and To compare soil quality indexing methods viz., Principal component analysis, Minimum data set and Indicator scoring method and To develop soil quality indices for formulating soil and crop management strategies. To fulfil these objectives a total of (34) soil samples were collected from Cuddalore district Viruthachalam block and TNAU research stations.