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Monitoring and assessment of soil quality based on micronutrients and physicochemical characteristics in semi-arid submountainous Shiwalik ranges of lower Himalayas, India

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Lower Shiwalik foothill ranges (Kandi regions) are dominated by different land use systems, varying in fertility status due to soil erosion owing to undulating topographical features. For assessment of soil nutrient status of study area, the soil sampling was conducted to investigate the variation in micronutrient status and physicochemical characteristics of soil. Long-range basis soil sampling was carried out in 11 blocks falling in the entire Shiwalik ranges of lower Himalaya under different land use systems (LUSs), viz., agriculture (AG), horticulture (HR), agri-horticulture (AH), grassland (GL), and agroforestry (AF) systems. A total of 440 soil samples were collected from two depths (0–15, 15–30 cm) for analysis. The results had reported that the soils were slightly acidic to slightly alkaline (6.61 to 8.10) in the whole range. Soil organic carbon (SOC) was found to be varying from very low to very high (2.43 to 10.43 g kg−1). DTPA-extractable Fe and Mn were found to be in dominant concentrations in the soils whereas, the deficiency of Zn was found under all existing land uses. Interestingly, Fe (r = 0.62*), Cu (r = 0.44), and Mn (r = 0.35) micronutrients were positively correlated with clay content whereas Zn (r = − 0.02) was negatively correlated. Soil quality based on principal component analysis (SQI-PCA) reported clay, SOC, and Zn are major dominating parameters to be considered of soil in Shiwalik ranges.

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    Himani Sharma & Simerpreet Kaur Sehgal

  2. Department of Soil Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, 141004, India

    Salwinder Singh Dhaliwal & Vivek Sharma

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Sharma, H., Sehgal, S.K., Dhaliwal, S.S. et al. Monitoring and assessment of soil quality based on micronutrients and physicochemical characteristics in semi-arid submountainous Shiwalik ranges of lower Himalayas, India. Environ Monit Assess 193, 639 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-021-09442-y

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