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 5 Depthwise mean values of seasonal variation in soil parameters at FL-7 and FL-12

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)
FL-7	Spring	0–10	5.2 ± 0.15	0.521 ± 0.009	3.51 ± 0.18	545.00 ± 9.0	201.56 ± 10.31	34.50 ± 4.11	40.33 ± 1.6	1.12 ± 0.01	32.2 ± 2.28	30.46 ± 1.1
		10–20	5.1 ± 0.04	0.510 ± 0.008	3.15 ± 0.11	494.33 ± 11.0	186.83 ± 7.45	31.16 ± 0.86	42.90 ± 1.2	1.11 ± 0.02	31.6 ± 1.83	30.03 ± 4.04
		20–30	5.2 ± 0.09	0.504 ± 0.004	2.16 ± 0.11	474.66 ± 12.4	165.73 ± 22.10	27.80 ± 0.50	37.63 ± 2.9	1.21 ± 0.06	30.8 ± 1.23	27.21 ± 1.2
	Summer	0–10	5.3 ± 0.08	0.636 ± 0.016	3.23 ± 0.16	557.00 ± 12.8	218.88 ± 7.86	37.38 ± 1.68	50.25 ± 0.5	1.03 ± 0.03	32.6 ± 0.47	31.95 ± 0.8
		10–20	5.2 ± 0.08	0.623 ± 0.028	2.74 ± 0.10	503.22 ± 15.2	213.23 ± 4.09	35.63 ± 0.57	51.59 ± 3.5	1.09 ± 0.01	31.9 ± 0.77	30.01 ± 0.7
		20–30	5.0 ± 0.12	0.613 ± 0.004	2.44 ± 0.36	391.00 ± 8.9	217.10 ± 3.47	31.60 ± 1.96	50.07 ± 0.4	1.11 ± 0.01	28.7 ± 0.55	28.10 ± 1.4
	Autumn	0–10	5.4 ± 0.05	0.625 ± 0.024	3.13 ± 0.13	583.63 ± 19.9	258.96 ± 10.20	36.45 ± 0.76	57.86 ± 1.3	0.97 ± 0.01	34.3 ± 0.94	32.28 ± 0.7
		10–20	5.2 ± 0.16	0.609 ± 0.004	2.99 ± 0.02	506.31 ± 11.4	225.40 ± 9.36	33.71 ± 0.40	57.21 ± 1.4	0.99 ± 0.01	32.7 ± 1.92	31.31 ± 1.5
		20–30	5.3 ± 0.26	0.580 ± 0.022	2.76 ± 0.15	463.43 ± 6.1	217.56 ± 14.05	31.66 ± 1.05	56.27 ± 0.9	0.99 ± 0.01	30.3 ± 0.61	29.72 ± 1.3
	Winter	0–10	4.8 ± 0.08	0.564 ± 0.009	2.54 ± 0.03	454.00 ± 7.4	123.43 ± 1.81	31.43 ± 0.41	31.46 ± 1.2	1.07 ± 0.01	29.9 ± 0.16	29.50 ± 0.7
		10–20	4.5 ± 0.02	0.552 ± 0.001	2.40 ± 0.08	411.33 ± 2.0	114.66 ± 1.24	30.03 ± 0.20	38.10 ± 0.6	1.16 ± 0.05	28.3 ± 0.47	29.43 ± 3.6
		20–30	5.0 ± 0.19	0.548 ± 0.004	2.08 ± 0.10	383.10 ± 14.6	112.73 ± 2.50	26.02 ± 1.30	31.90 ± 1.5	1.11 ± 0.01	30.7 ± 1.28	27.03 ± 0.5
FL-12	Spring	0–10	4.5 ± 0.21	0.684 ± 0.007	4.08 ± 0.25	545.66 ± 10.6	206.43 ± 18.92	38.61 ± 0.62	52.15 ± 0.8	1.01 ± 0.01	33.9 ± 3.77	29.79 ± 5.4
		10–20	4.8 ± 0.11	0.670 ± 0.001	3.75 ± 0.10	554.66 ± 30.4	184.10 ± 13.23	37.07 ± 1.58	52.66 ± 3.4	1.04 ± 0.03	32.0 ± 2.16	26.07 ± 4.1
		20–30	5.1 ± 0.23	0.664 ± 0.006	2.72 ± 0.22	388.00 ± 13.4	188.52 ± 6.50	34.91 ± 2.57	49.06 ± 0.6	1.03 ± 0.01	31.2 ± 1.11	25.68 ± 0.4
	Summer	0–10	5.0 ± 0.17	0.836 ± 0.020	3.85 ± 0.04	563.00 ± 25.8	233.24 ± 8.279	40.66 ± 1.21	55.06 ± 1.0	1.00 ± 0.01	36.0 ± 2.02	33.51 ± 1.56
		10–20	5.1 ± 0.08	0.761 ± 0.009	3.43 ± 0.14	459.44 ± 14.7	247.63 ± 17.10	38.13 ± 1.80	56.20 ± 0.9	1.00 ± 0.01	34.9 ± 1.30	31.25 ± 1.4
		20–30	5.1 ± 0.02	0.747 ± 0.018	3.11 ± 0.20	427.33 ± 21.8	213.67 ± 7.96	37.63 ± 1.721	52.28 ± 3.6	1.10 ± 0.01	33.6 ± 2.25	30.56 ± 3.3
	Autumn	0–10	5.0 ± 0.04	0.743 ± 0.022	4.12 ± 0.18	573.00 ± 13.1	294.46 ± 3.41	36.93 ± 3.00	59.47 ± 0.8	0.96 ± 0.04	37.2 ± 0.71	37.27 ± 1.34
		10–20	5.2 ± 0.07	0.735 ± 0.018	3.30 ± 0.13	512.11 ± 10.5	252.13 ± 25.38	34.21 ± 0.89	58.07 ± 0.7	1.00 ± 0.01	35.8 ± 0.18	35.99 ± 0.07
		20–30	5.0 ± 0.04	0.653 ± 0.016	3.13 ± 0.08	497.76 ± 2.1	279.83 ± 14.09	33.61 ± 1.09	56.51 ± 1.2	0.99 ± 0.01	33.3 ± 3.68	33.78 ± 1.6
	Winter	0–10	4.8 ± 0.13	0.683 ± 0.009	3.72 ± 0.11	490.33 ± 10.2	124.90 ± 2.84	29.10 ± 0.16	49.39 ± 1.4	1.07 ± 0.01	31.7 ± 1.28	29.36 ± 1.6
		10–20	4.9 ± 0.08	0.653 ± 0.016	3.04 ± 0.02	405.33 ± 4.9	120.12 ± 6.33	25.63 ± 3.81	49.66 ± 3.7	1.14 ± 0.01	32.3 ± 0.49	28.90 ± 0.1
		20–30	4.3 ± 0.30	0.667 ± 0.005	2.56 ± 0.18	402.00 ± 32.6	115.21 ± 1.78	24.46 ± 1.22	46.30 ± 1.4	1.16 ± 0.02	30.8 ± 1.22	29.26 ± 0.2

Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. FL-7 (Fallow land 7) and FL-12 (Fallow land 12). 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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