Vol. 11, Special Issue 11 (2022)

Author(s):
Owais Bashir, Shabir Ahmad Bangroo, Nasir Bashir Naikoo, Aamir Hassan Mir, Sandeep Kumar, Rehana Rasool, Tajamul Mansoor and Omer Reshi

Abstract:
The variability of soil total nitrogen is greatly affected by land use pattern, plays an important role in agriculture and the environment especially with regard to soil fertility and soil quality. Little research has been done that address the patterns of total soil nitrogen under different land uses. We conducted a study to evaluate total soil nitrogen under different land uses. The total soil nitrogen was found highest in horticulture followed by agriculture, forest and fallow land use. On average, N concentration declined by per meter of soil depth compared with all the land uses. However, when land-use evaluated each soil layer independently, the total N declined in the top layer. The soil nitrogen forms were positively correlated, with correlation coefficients (R2) between 0.504 and 0.725.