International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2016, Volume : 4, Issue : 5
First page : (103) Last page : (107)
Article doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.2391
Assessing Soil Fertility Status of Rehabilitating Degraded Landscape of Rourkela Forest Division
Swadhinata Sahani1, Renu Dhupper1, Sanjeet Kumar2, Sandeep Rout3*, Shahida Parveen3 and Sitanshu Sekhar Patra3
1Amity Institute of Environmental Sciences, Amity University, Noida-201303 (Uttar Pradesh) India
2Divisional Forest Officer, Rourkela Forest Division, Rourkela-769004 (Odisha) India
3School of Forestry & Environment, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture Technology & Sciences, Allahabad-211007 (Uttar Pradesh) India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: sandeeprout1988@gmail.com
Received: 17.10.2016 | Revised: 28.10.2016 | Accepted: 30.10.2016
Abstract
The present study was conducted on assessing soil fertility status of rehabilitating degraded landscape of Rourkela Forest Division at different soil depth (0-15 cm and 15-30 cm) of six different forest ranges. The analyzed indicated that soil pH was acidic in all of the ranges. There was an urgent need for rehabilitating of the degraded land and to restore the ecosystem. The results indicate that each range shows a close affiliation to variable soil properties.
Key words: Electrical Conductivity (E.C), Soil Organic Carbon (SOC), Soil Organic Matter (SOM).
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Cite this article: Sahani, S., Dhupper, R., Kumar, S., Rout, S., Parveen, S. and Patra, S.S., Assessing Soil Fertility Status of Rehabilitating Degraded Landscape of Rourkela Forest Division , Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.4(5): 103-107 (2016). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.2391
