EFFECT OF SOIL ON NURSERY-GROWN WALNUT PLANTS

This experiment evaluates the effect of two soil types viz. an alluvial loamy deposit and a leached vertisol on survival, percentage of firstclass plants, growth and diameter of nursery-grown grafted walnut. Plants grown on the alluvial loamy deposit showed higher rate of survival at the end of the first growing season and increase in percentage of first-class plants at the end of the second season compared to plants grown on leached vertisol. The average growth and diameter of plants on the alluvial loamy deposit increased at the end of the first and second growing season compared to plants grown on leached vertisol