Effect of shifting cultivation and fallow on soil quality index in Mokokchung district, Nagaland, India

Temjen, Wati; Singh, Maibam Romeo; Ajungla, Tali

doi:10.1186/s13717-022-00386-w

Ecological Processes

Table 4 Depthwise seasonal variation of soil parameters at SCS and FL-3

From: Effect of shifting cultivation and fallow on soil quality index in Mokokchung district, Nagaland, India

Site	Season	Soil depth (cm)	pH	EC (dS m⁻¹)	SOC (%)	N_av (kg ha⁻¹)	K_ex (kg ha⁻¹)	P_av (kg ha⁻¹)	Moisture (%)	BD (g cm⁻³)	Clay (%)	CEC (meq 100g⁻¹)
SCS	Spring	0–10	5.5 ± 0.02	0.091 ± 0.001	2.11 ± 0.01	314.00 ± 8.2	118.40 ± 1.69	23.00 ± 0.89	29.0 ± 0.8	1.66 ± 0.03	22.3 ± 1.24	13.35 ± 1.3
		10–20	5.8 ± 0.08	0.088 ± 0.002	1.37 ± 0.02	223.00 ± 5.0	94.33 ± 3.39	21.53 ± 0.41	32.6 ± 2.8	2.30 ± 0.08	20.1 ± 1.54	14.30 ± 2.09
		20–30	5.4 ± 0.13	0.096 ± 0.001	1.10 ± 0.16	211.00 ± 9.0	114.16 ± 8.98	25.08 ± 1.14	33.0 ± 3.2	2.71 ± 0.01	19.3 ± 2.05	12.03 ± 0.8
	Summer	0–10	5.6 ± 0.03	0.161 ± 0.014	1.74 ± 0.21	320.88 ± 5.2	132.53 ± 13.48	27.70 ± 1.35	37.7 ± 1.4	1.33 ± 0.24	22.6 ± 2.05	15.75 ± 2.1
		10–20	5.5 ± 0.24	0.142 ± 0.001	1.33 ± 0.07	319.66 ± 14.1	95.95 ± 16.97	21.75 ± 1.25	34.9 ± 2.1	2.19 ± 0.09	20.2 ± 2.40	14.71 ± 1.6
		20–30	5.8 ± 0.09	0.135 ± 0.005	1.19 ± 0.14	305.33 ± 9.6	109.78 ± 6.13	19.95 ± 2.53	30.7 ± 1.7	1.48 ± 0.11	18.9 ± 3.02	13.38 ± 2.8
	Autumn	0–10	5.9 ± 0.10	0.120 ± 0.008	2.16 ± 0.39	391.33 ± 10.1	133.72 ± 5.56	21.06 ± 1.63	43.8 ± 0.9	1.70 ± 0.30	28.3 ± 0.47	19.28 ± 0.3
		10–20	5.7 ± 0.16	0.120 ± 0.007	1.46 ± 0.18	337.00 ± 2.9	117.75 ± 6.46	22.02 ± 0.78	41.1 ± 1.2	1.72 ± 0.04	26.0 ± 2.44	18.35 ± 0.8
		20–30	5.6 ± 0.13	0.116 ± 0.004	1.37 ± 0.26	278.33 ± 47.4	126.42 ± 2.04	19.58 ± 1.05	42.1 ± 0.3	2.72 ± 0.05	24.7 ± 3.63	18.38 ± 0.6
	Winter	0–10	5.4 ± 0.04	0.087 ± 0.000	1.44 ± 0.03	252.66 ± 2.6	85.93 ± 1.71	10.00 ± 0.88	24.2 ± 1.1	1.79 ± 0.01	22.1 ± 0.26	9.70 ± 1.2
		10–20	5.4 ± 0.16	0.091 ± 0.002	1.19 ± 0.07	192.33 ± 10.9	77.23 ± 1.32	9.46 ± 0.12	27.3 ± 0.7	2.88 ± 0.05	20.5 ± 0.63	9.72 ± 0.1
		20–30	5.5 ± 0.03	0.085 ± 0.002	1.08 ± 0.01	146.00 ± 9.8	65.93 ± 3.81	8.16 ± 0.24	27.0 ± 0.7	2.28 ± 0.02	18.1 ± 1.02	9.66 ± 0.04
FL–3	Spring	0–10	5.0 ± 0.16	0.417 ± 0.003	2.02 ± 0.12	341.66 ± 6.7	112.18 ± 7.33	30.50 ± 1.22	32.2 ± 0.9	1.42 ± 0.02	24.1 ± 0.62	18.34 ± 2.05
		10–20	5.1 ± 0.12	0.411 ± 0.001	1.93 ± 0.22	377.66 ± 13.1	91.65 ± 8.60	27.03 ± 0.91	34.0 ± 0.8	1.45 ± 0.01	24.4 ± 1.74	17.46 ± 1.1
		20–30	5.1 ± 0.07	0.403 ± 0.009	1.40 ± 0.28	299.73 ± 17.2	102.32 ± 0.57	22.23 ± 2.98	33.2 ± 2.6	1.86 ± 0.05	22.7 ± 2.33	17.44 ± 0.1
	Summer	0–10	5.1 ± 0.09	0.543 ± 0.004	2.81 ± 0.24	324.00 ± 10.0	145.46 ± 5.76	28.90 ± 0.28	39.5 ± 0.4	1.43 ± 0.01	27.1 ± 0.82	23.18 ± 1.1
		10–20	5.7 ± 0.06	0.552 ± 0.019	2.78 ± 0.23	371.66 ± 23.6	131.83 ± 2.99	28.30 ± 1.41	35.7 ± 2.8	1.22 ± 0.18	26.4 ± 1.22	21.96 ± 2.1
		20–30	5.1 ± 0.14	0.530 ± 0.007	2.31 ± 0.18	356.67 ± 20.5	117.56 ± 12.65	27.43 ± 1.08	31.8 ± 2.0	1.73 ± 0.03	26.7 ± 0.88	20.87 ± 1.1
	Autumn	0–10	5.7 ± 0.59	0.372 ± 0.013	2.13 ± 0.18	451.33 ± 5.2	171.36 ± 15.39	30.72 ± 1.90	48.8 ± 0.8	1.30 ± 0.15	29.3 ± 0.47	22.12 ± 2.57
		10–20	5.0 ± 0.24	0.355 ± 0.004	2.30 ± 0.27	379.00 ± 13.7	135.26 ± 11.96	28.68 ± 0.53	47.1 ± 0.8	1.48 ± 0.01	27.3 ± 1.24	19.77 ± 0.3
		20–30	5.7 ± 0.36	0.342 ± 0.010	1.93 ± 0.22	236.00 ± 38.1	148.36 ± 3.18	26.22 ± 2.40	45.5 ± 1.5	1.65 ± 0.01	26.0 ± 2.44	19.72 ± 0.4
	Winter	0–10	5.1 ± 0.16	0.285 ± 0.002	1.76 ± 0.04	295.33 ± 5.2	91.26 ± 1.10	17.56 ± 0.33	28.6 ± 0.4	1.67 ± 0.01	26.0 ± 0.16	15.76 ± 1.2
		10–20	5.1 ± 0.20	0.240 ± 0.016	1.70 ± 0.01	283.00 ± 12.2	89.76 ± 6.99	17.17 ± 0.22	29.1 ± 3.6	1.76 ± 0.02	25.1 ± 2.24	16.00 ± 0.08
		20–30	5.0 ± 0.32	0.228 ± 0.005	1.40 ± 0.05	202.00 ± 7.3	83.10 ± 3.14	16.58 ± 0.40	26.0 ± 3.6	1.93 ± 0.03	24.6 ± 0.49	14.86 ± 0.1

Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. SCS (shifting cultivation site) and FL-3 (Fallow land 3). Soil pH (pH), electrical conductivity (EC), soil organic carbon (SOC), available nitrogen (N_av), exchangeable potassium (K_ex), available phosphorus (P_av), soil moisture (Moisture), bulk density (BD), soil clay content (Clay) and cation exchange capacity (CEC)

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