• Brij M Upreti
• B.S.Mengwal
• Shardul Semwal

Presence of plant elements in soil would give good information towards the knowledge of nutrient cycling and bio-chemical cycle in the soil–plant ecosystem. Present study has been conducted in three (03) land forms namely Forest area, Orchard, open land Dehradun district of Uttarakhand, India. Present study shows maximum sand percentage (54.66%) in open land area while minimum percentage (39.27%) in orchards. Maximum and minimum silt percentage recorded from forest area (39.27%) and open land area (32.80%) respectively likewise orchards area and forest shows maximum and minimum clay percentage i.e. 22.37% and 9.72% respectively. Forest area and orchards shows maximum and minimum bulk density i.e. 1.20g/cm3 and 0.97 g/cm3 respectively. Maximum and minimum water holding capacity was recorded at orchards (18.29%) and open land area (8.18%) respectively. Orchards shows maximum porosity (63.04%), pH (6.8) while maximum moisture content was recorded (16.28%) at forest area. As per above observation this can be estimated that forest area and orchards having better soil physical properties as compare to open land, it is due to over constriction and deforestation around open land area.

Soil, Orchards, Forest area, open land, conservation

"Comparative Soil Physical Analysis of Nagal Hatnala Region Dehradun, Uttarakhand", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.15-19, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907O04.pdf

"Comparative Soil Physical Analysis of Nagal Hatnala Region Dehradun, Uttarakhand", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp15-19, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907O04.pdf