• Dr. Jyoti G. Koliyar-Jatinder Das
• Ms. Nikita Janu Jadhav

Soil analysis is a set of various chemical processes that not only determine the amount of available plant nutrients in the soil, but also chemical, physical and biological soil properties important for plant nutrition or “soil health. chemical soil analysis determine the content of basic plant nutrient:- Nitrogen(N), Phosphorous(P2O5), Organic matter, Sodium, Potassium(K2O), Chloride, trace elements and other physical characteristics (pH value, density, conductivity, water holding capacity etc.). whereas the microbiological analysis helps to understand the abundance of micro-organisms, species richness and functional diversity of soil. The main aim of this study was to understand the status of soil of the selected areas by studying the various physicochemical and microbiological parameters of soil. The soil sample were collected from different areas i.e., Residential, Commercial, Industrial, Roadside and along Rail tracks (where agricultural activities are carried out) of Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Palghar and Thane district during monsoon & post-monsoon; and was analyzed for different parameters as per the standard procedure. The result obtained from the study indicates the clear differentiation in the values of the parameter in the monsoon and post-monsoon season. Also the values at different locations differ from each other due to the various activities carried out around that area. Certain parameters exceeded the desirable limit while some parameters show less content as compared to their desired value range in the soil. The results were also analyzed using software SPSS version 20.

Soil, physicochemical, microbiological, monsoon, post-monsoon, SPSS 20

"PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF SOIL SAMPLES OF FOUR DISTRICTS OF MAHARASHTRA (MUMBAI, NAVIMUMBAI, PALGHAR AND THANE)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 4, page no.144-149, April-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2004021.pdf

"PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF SOIL SAMPLES OF FOUR DISTRICTS OF MAHARASHTRA (MUMBAI, NAVIMUMBAI, PALGHAR AND THANE)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 4, page no. pp144-149, April-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2004021.pdf