Vol. 7, Issue 3 (2019)
Influence of soil organic matter on bulk density in Coimbatore soils
Author(s): Athira M, R Jagadeeswaran and R Kumaraperumal
Abstract: Soil organic matter is an important soil property which improves soil structure and overall soil health. Soils rich in organic matter are better in their properties and productivity. Bulk density is an important index for calculating soil quality. Bulk density is a function of soil organic matter. In the present study about 200 soil samples representing different land forms and physiography of Coimbatore have been collected. The samples were analyzed for bulk density and soil organic matter. The data were analyzed to study the effect of soil organic matter on the bulk density of soil as influenced by various land forms. Soil organic matter has got a good relationship with bulk density as evident from increasing soil organic matter decreased the bulk density in Coimbatore soils. Among the different models used to derive the relationship between soil organic carbon and bulk density viz., linear, quadratic and polynomial resulted in a R2 value of 0.48, 0.6737 and 0.673, respectively. The quadratic model was found to be the best fit with the highest R2 value and lowest RSE.
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Athira M, R Jagadeeswaran, R Kumaraperumal. Influence of soil organic matter on bulk density in Coimbatore soils. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(3):3520-3523.
