Comparative Assessment Of Soil Properties Of Three Forest Soils In Umudike Abia State:- Ndukwe Uchechi P

Knowledge of soil properties is essential for environmental sustainability for any forest reserve collected from different locations within the natural forest, plantation and farm land were Analyzed for soil texture, bulk density, porosity, pH, organic carbon, organic matter content, moisture content, total exchange base, determination calcium and magnesium by complexiometeric titration method, determination of potassium and sodium by flam photometry and total investigated to assess the nutrient and fertility status of the soils. Three soil samples, each. The physical and chemical properties of soil under three different land uses was clay, sand clay loam and sandy clay in the relic forest, Treculia plantation and rubber plantation respectively. Nitrogen, available phosphorus, Na, K, Ca, Mg, Zn, Cu, Fe and Mn. Texturally, the soils were There was a significant difference between the three different soils in composition and texture