Status and distribution of potassium in soils under Arecanut gardens of Bhadra command area of Davanagere district, India

An investigation was carried out at College of Agriculture, Shivamogga during the year 2016-17 in order to know the status of potassium in soils under arecanut gardens of Davanagere district, Karnataka. For the study, 200 surface and sub-surface samples were collected from soils under arecanut garden of four taluks (Channagiri, Honnali, Harihara and Davanagere) of Davanagere district.