Soil Microbial Biomass and Microbial Quotient under Different Plantations at Maldeota, Dehradun, India

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  • Richi Yadav M.Sc. Environment Management, Ph.D in Forest, Ecology and Environment discipline
  • Mridula Negi
  • H. B. Vasistha

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Soil microbial biomass, soil quality, microbial quotient, restored area

Abstract

 Microbial properties have been reported to be useful indicators of soil quality and could possibly serve as assessment criteria of successful rehabilitation of ecologically disturbed areas. The microbial quotient – ratio of soil microbial biomass C to soil organic C – may, therefore, be a more sensitive parameter to monitor organic matter dynamics than either microbial biomass C or soil organic C considered alone. The study site is located at Maldeota in Dehradun district, Uttarakhand, India. Maldeota is situated in the north east of Dehradun at a distance of about 18 km on the west bank of perennial river Bandal at an elevation ranging from 650 m to about 1050 m above mean sea level. Three different plantation plots were selected from the restored area, i.e., Shisham (Dalbergia sissoo) plantation, Khair (Acacia catechu) plantation and mixed (D. sissoo and A. catechu) plantation for the study. Maximum values were found in the mixed plantation when compared with Shisham and Khair plantations. Keywords: Soil microbial biomass, soil quality, microbial quotient, restored area   

Autor/innen-Biografie

  • Richi Yadav, M.Sc. Environment Management, Ph.D in Forest, Ecology and Environment discipline
    Research Scholar,Ecology and Environment DivisionFRI, Dehradun

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2013-01-09

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Bd. 2 Nr. 3 (2012)

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