Review Article
Soil Health Management under Hill Agroecosystem of North East India
Table 5
Effect of different land use systems developed under FSRP, Meghalaya on soil physical properties.
| Soil properties | Land use systems | Agriculture | Agri-horti-silvipastoral | Forestry | Livestock based | Natural fallow | Shifting cultivation |
| Bulk density (Mg m−3) | 1.04 | 1.02 | 0.98 | 1.03 | 1.04 | 1.19 | Total Porosity (%) | 59.67 | 60.47 | 62.02 | 60.08 | 66.23 | 53.88 | Macroaggregates (>0.25 mm) | 21.72 | 54.19 | 54.47 | 50.02 | 50.53 | 18.17 | Microaggregates (<0.25 mm) | 47.85 | 23.23 | 23.81 | 22.80 | 21.90 | 42.34 | MWD (mm) | 2.76 | 2.99 | 3.16 | 2.85 | 2.93 | 2.31 | Available water (m3 m−3) | 0.210 | 0.222 | 0.231 | 0.220 | 0.233 | 0.169 | Hydraulic Conductivity (cm hr−1) | 2.74 | 4.72 | 5.47 | 2.95 | 6.66 | 2.09 |
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Source: [20].
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