Assessment of the sustainability of land use systems through sensitive indicators of soil quality and biophysical properties in temperate ecosystem | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Soil Science | ||||
| Article 5, Volume 64, Issue 4, December 2024, Page 1389-1406 PDF (1.32 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejss.2024.294037.1780 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Roheela Ahmad1; Aamir Hassan1; Tahir Sheikh 2; Meer Shakil3; Rifat-Un Nisa4; Omar A Alkilayh5; Basharat Hamid6; Zahoor Baba6; R Z Sayyed  7
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| 1Division of Soil Science and Soil Chemistry, FoA, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Kashmir-Wadura, Sopore, 193201, India | ||||
| 2Division of Agronomy, FoA, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Kashmir-Wadura, Sopore, 193201, India; tahirkmr@gmail.com | ||||
| 3Division of Soil Science and Soil Chemistry, FoA, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Kashmir-Wadura, Sopore, 193201, India; | ||||
| 4Division of Agronomy, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Kashmir-Wadura, Sopore, 193201, India; | ||||
| 5Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture and Food, Qassim University, Buraydah 51452, Saudi Arabia | ||||
| 6Division of Basic Science, FoA, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Kashmir-Wadura, Sopore, 193201, India; | ||||
| 7INTI international University, Malaysia | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Good soil can raise the quantity and quality of food. However, the land quality has worsened due to various anthropogenic activities. The present study aimed to assess the effects of land use systems on soil quality over time through specific indicators. A top 30 cm soil sample from six land uses (forest, pasture, orchard, vegetable, maize, and paddy) was analyzed for soil quality index using Principal Component Analysis. The results revealed the highest organic carbon (20.94±1.85 g kg-1), N (537.50±16.7 kg ha-1), and P2O5 (36.51±1.62 kg ha-1) in paddy-based land uses while the minimum OC (8.63±1.23 g kg-1), N (290.30±1.8 kg ha-1) and K2O (201.36±6.2 kg ha-1) respectively with lowest P2O5 (24.22±1.21 kg ha-1) in maize. The forest system showed dense macrofauna (1498 ind. m-2). The microbial population was found in the order of paddy>maize>vegetable>apple>pasture>forest. Particle size distribution of studied land uses varied from silty loam to clay loam. The following order of soil quality: forest>pasture>apple >vegetable>maize>paddy was found after the indexing procedure. It is concluded that further extension and turning of natural forests to agriculture will lead to a more significant loss of stored carbon from soils. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Land uses; Biophysical properties; Soil-quality index; Temperate ecosystem | ||||
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