Fertility Status of Soil in the Tea Garden Belts of Golaghat District, Assam, India

Table 1

Season-wise estimated values of soil pH, electrical conductance (EC), bulk density (BD), and soil organic matter (SOM).

Name of TE	Dry season				Wet season
	pH	EC (μS/cm)	BD (gm/cc)	SOM (%)	pH	EC (μS/cm)	BD (gm/cc)	SOM (%)
Rungagora	5.24	137.19	1.34	2.47	5.21	160.23	1.03	2.56
Borjan	5.17	159.87	1.07	4.99	5.13	155.43	0.92	5.71
Negheriting	5.42	155.12	1.35	5.02	5.35	153.49	0.77	5.45
Balijan	4.98	179.29	1.42	2.78	4.78	174.23	1.23	2.92
Banwaripur	5.08	138.94	1.21	6.23	5.01	131.84	0.98	6.45
Khomtai	5.37	232.55	0.97	2.87	5.35	231.27	0.91	3.04
Rungajaun	4.78	238.50	1.08	4.35	4.71	201.49	1.02	5.03
Borsapori	4.83	189.25	1.28	2.24	4.82	187.93	1.25	2.67
Lattakoojan	5.37	171.10	1.09	2.93	5.31	167.83	0.98	3.12
Behora	6.03	191.83	1.24	5.56	6.01	187.58	1.19	5.22
Control	6.10	176.67	0.97	5.52	5.63	178.35	0.91	5.67
t-value	0.87^*	2.69^*	0.23^**	0.78^**	0.46^*	3.22^**	0.11^*	0.69^**

^**Significant at 5% probability level, ^*not significant.