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Assessment of the sustainability of land use systems through sensitive indicators of soil quality and biophysical properties in temperate ecosystem

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Digital Soil Mapping, soil evaluation and land use change

Abstract

Good soil can raise the quantity and quality of food. However, the land quality has worsened due to various anthropogenic activities. The present study aimed to assess the effects of land use systems on soil quality over time through specific indicators. A top 30 cm soil sample from six land uses (forest, pasture, orchard, vegetable, maize, and paddy) was analyzed for soil quality index using Principal Component Analysis. The results revealed the highest organic carbon (20.94±1.85 g kg-1), N (537.50±16.7 kg ha-1), and P2O5 (36.51±1.62 kg ha-1) in paddy-based land uses while the minimum OC (8.63±1.23 g kg-1), N (290.30±1.8 kg ha-1) and K2O (201.36±6.2 kg ha-1) respectively with lowest P2O5 (24.22±1.21 kg ha-1) in maize. The forest system showed dense macrofauna (1498 ind. m-2). The microbial population was found in the order of paddy>maize>vegetable>apple>pasture>forest. Particle size distribution of studied land uses varied from silty loam to clay loam. The following order of soil quality: forest>pasture>apple >vegetable>maize>paddy was found after the indexing procedure. It is concluded that further extension and turning of natural forests to agriculture will lead to a more significant loss of stored carbon from soils.

DOI

10.21608/ejss.2024.294037.1780

Keywords

Land uses, Biophysical properties, Soil-quality index, Temperate ecosystem

Authors

First Name

Roheela

Last Name

Ahmad

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Affiliation

Division of Soil Science and Soil Chemistry, FoA, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Kashmir-Wadura, Sopore, 193201, India

Email

roheela57@gmail.com

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First Name

Aamir

Last Name

Hassan

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Division of Soil Science and Soil Chemistry, FoA, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Kashmir-Wadura, Sopore, 193201, India

Email

draamirhassan01@gmail.com

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First Name

Tahir

Last Name

Sheikh

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Division of Agronomy, FoA, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Kashmir-Wadura, Sopore, 193201, India; tahirkmr@gmail.com

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tahirkmr@gmail.com

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Orcid

0000-0002-8753-1781

First Name

Meer

Last Name

Shakil

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Division of Soil Science and Soil Chemistry, FoA, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Kashmir-Wadura, Sopore, 193201, India;

Email

meershakil@gmail.com

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First Name

Rifat-Un

Last Name

Nisa

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Division of Agronomy, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Kashmir-Wadura, Sopore, 193201, India;

Email

rifatiqbal614@gmail.com

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Orcid

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First Name

Omar

Last Name

Alkilayh

MiddleName

A

Affiliation

Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture and Food, Qassim University, Buraydah 51452, Saudi Arabia

Email

o.alkilayh@hotmail.com

City

Buraydah

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-

First Name

Basharat

Last Name

Hamid

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Division of Basic Science, FoA, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Kashmir-Wadura, Sopore, 193201, India;

Email

basharat384@gmail.com

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-

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-

First Name

Zahoor

Last Name

Baba

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Division of Basic Science, FoA, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Kashmir-Wadura, Sopore, 193201, India;

Email

baba.zahoor@gmail.com

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First Name

R

Last Name

Sayyed

MiddleName

Z

Affiliation

INTI international University, Malaysia

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sayyedrz@gmail.com

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-

Orcid

0000-0002-1553-1213

Volume

64

Article Issue

4

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49165

Issue Date

2024-12-01

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2024-05-30

Publish Date

2024-12-01

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1,389

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1,406

Print ISSN

0302-6701

Online ISSN

2357-0369

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EJSS_Volume 64_Issue 4_Pages 1389-1406.pdf

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Soil Science

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https://ejss.journals.ekb.eg/

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Assessment of the sustainability of land use systems through sensitive indicators of soil quality and biophysical properties in temperate ecosystem

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23 Dec 2024