Table 1.
Physicochemical properties of surveyed soil samples from different parts of Sikkim (pH, EC: electrical conductivity, SOC: soil organic carbon, AN: available nitrogen, AP: available phosphorus and AK: available potassium) and soil microbiological properties estimates (MBC: microbial biomass carbon, DHA: soil dehydrogenase active, FDA: Fluorescein diacetate hydrolysis.
| Parameters | Saurini | Chhota Singtam | Nandok | Saramsa | Lingzey |
| pH | 5.55±0.31 | 5.3±0.26 | 4.54±0.48 | 6.04±0.52 | 5.09±0.27 |
| EC (µS/cm) | 44.37±0.79 | 39.88±0.29 | 32.4±0.54 | 64.38±1.04 | 38.13±0.87 |
| SOC (%) | 2.2±0.23 | 1.9±0.29 | 2.8±0.41 | 2.40±0.25 | 1.60±0.42 |
| AN (kg/ha) | 268.21±0.73 | 210.1±0.16 | 274.63±1.00 | 271.31±1.43 | 185.04±1.46 |
| AP (kg/ha) | 38.43±0.32 | 37.11±1.08 | 40.19±0.69 | 41.22±1.29 | 36.70±1.31 |
| AK (kg/ha) | 325.12±0.52 | 322.7±0.70 | 325.5±0.50 | 328.19±0.82 | 326.09±0.66 |
| MBC (µg/g soil) | 783.83±1.51 | 1182.5±1.32 | 981.5±1.20 | 432.5±1.37 | 863.86±0.29 |
| FDA (µg fluorescein /g) | 12.36±0.51 | 7.27±0.86 | 16.93±0.60 | 18.22±0.26 | 11.84±0.99 |
| DHA (µg TPF/kg/24h) | 402.23±1.68 | 279.10±1.16 | 436.42±0.98 | 621.13±1.09 | 262.04±1.07 |
| Diazotrophs (log10CFU/gsoil) | 4.85±0.52 | 4.67±0.50 | 4.60±0.51 | 4.97±0.54 | 4.62±0.50 |