Chemical properties of agricultural and forest soil of different blocks of Bargarh district, Odisha, India

Abstract

An experiment was conducted in 2023-2024 to assess the chemical properties of soils of agricultural and forest land of Bargarh district Odisha. Odisha is situated in between the geographical coordinates of 81.27' 87.29” E longitude and 17.49' 22.34 “N latitude. Nine Different villages located in the Bargarh district covering three different blocks such as Attabira, Bheden and Bargarh and one forest area of Debrigarh was selected for the study. The chemical properties like Soil pH, EC(dSm-1) at 25 °C, Percent organic matter, Percent organic carbon, Available soil Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium(Kg ha -1) were analysed by standard procedure following Jackson (1958), Wilcox (1950),Walkley and Black (1947) Subbiah and Asija (1956), Olsen et al., (1954), Toth and Prince (1947) at 0-15, 15-30 and 30-45 cm depth for agricultural soil and 0-15, 15-30, 30-45 and 45-60 cm for forest soil. The recorded pH, EC, Organic carbon, Organic matter and Available NPK were found significant. The data showed the value between the agriculture and forest soil where the soil pH was slightly acidic in nature. The soil analysis shows Low to medium soil organic carbon content and medium percentage of NPK.