SOIL ORGANIC CARBON POOLS UNDER DIFFERENT LAND USE AND MANAGEMENT PRATICES IN SWELL-SHRINK SOILS.

Abstract

The soil organic carbon content is crucial parameter which determines many soil properties important for crop production. The prevailing environment in semiarid regions characterized by higher temperature is depleting. The day by day decline in soil organic carbon reduction and poor soil health, it is necessary to adopt proper land use and management practices in soil health point of view. The impact of different land uses their management practices on soil physical and chemical properties and different carbon pool needs to be ascertained.