• lasitha K
• Dr.Arul Sheeba Rani

Abstract The key pathway of essential nutrients returns to the soil is through the litter. Good soil promotes, good vegetative growth such as increase in size and height of trees, numbers of stem, leaves, roots. The reclamation of degraded land will be redeemed by planting woody perennial selective trees. For the present study, five different tree of different genera’s litter samples (fresh and dry leaves, wood logs, flowers, fruits) were collected from the project land to find out the chemical properties of macronutrient and micronutrient, such as Nitrogen, Potassium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Calcium, Chloride and iron. The result shows Acacia auriculiformis A. Cunn.ex Benth., has better nutrient availability followed by Thespesia populena (L) Sol.ex Correa., Fillicium decipens (Wight&Arn.) Thwaites., the remaining trees such as Markhamia lutea (Benth.) K. Schum. and Tabebuia rosea(Bertol.) Dc comparatively very less nutrients present. Thereby, the present study assists to understand the nutrient level of litter in plotted area and also known through this, the selection of the trees is important to improve the soil quality in the urban environment.

Soil degradation, Physical parameter of litter, Soil quality, Tree canopy

"The study on chemical parameter of the litter collected from the selected tree canopy in plotted land, Bengaluru, Karnataka", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 4, page no.1146-1150, April-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2004353.pdf

"The study on chemical parameter of the litter collected from the selected tree canopy in plotted land, Bengaluru, Karnataka", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 4, page no. pp1146-1150, April-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2004353.pdf