Assessment of Essential Nutrients in Soil with Litter Chemistry of Tropical Deciduous Forest, India

Soumit K. Behera; Shruti Mishra; Shiv N. Singh; Mukesh Kumar; L. B. Chaudhary; M. K. Jain; Vipin Kumar; Nalini Pandey

doi:10.18811/ijpen.v5i01.7

Soumit K. Behera Plant Ecology and Climate Change Science Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Shruti Mishra Plant Ecology and Climate Change Science Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Shiv N. Singh Plant Ecology and Climate Change Science Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Mukesh Kumar Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India
L. B. Chaudhary Plant Ecology and Climate Change Science Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
M. K. Jain Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India
Vipin Kumar Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India
Nalini Pandey Department of Botany, University of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18811/ijpen.v5i01.7

Keywords: Litter chemistry, Nutrients, TOC, Tropical deciduous forest.

Abstract

We investigated assessment of essential and non-essential nutrients in soil along with litter chemistry in the tropical deciduous forest at Katerniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary, India. Three forest communities in teak plantation (TP), sal mixed (SM) and dry mixed (DM). The factors examined were nutrients contents chromium (Cr), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), nickel(Ni), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), arsenic (As), selenium (Se), molybdenum (Mo), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb) and carbon in soil and litter. Majorly of essential nutrients levels were higher in the DM followed by SM and TP in soils. Zn was increased in TP, while Cu in SM soils at the depth of 0-15cm. Overall litter nutrients, concentration was maximum in DM. But some litter nutrients as like Ni and Zn maximum in the SM and TP. TOC was maximum in SM (19.23 g kg–1) followed by DM (17.74 g kg–1) and TP (13.62). Litter C was also increased in DM followed by SM and TP.