National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
This study was conducted to investigate the current status of soil properties and microbial population density in different rhizosphere cropping regions from Saudi Arabia. Rhizospheric soil samples (0-20 cm depth) were collected from different cropping farms of two regions, namely Al-Kharj and Al-Ahsa for estimation of their physical, chemical, heavy metals and microbial current status. The average of total bacterial counts in Al-Kharj was about double than average of total bacterial counts in Al-Ahsa. Also, the average of total fungi counts was also higher in Al-Kharj soil samples than Al-Ahsa. The results also depict that Al-Kharj region occupies more organic matter than Al-Ahsa. Heavy metals in all samples were less than the acceptable limits in the agricultural soils comparative to the Saudi standards. Correlation analysis, among the studied physical and chemical properties, depicts that EC and pH are negatively correlated with each other. This study is helpful for exploring the different characteristics of soils at the agricultural regions in Saudi Arabia as a results of the different monument.
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