ABSTRACT
Different soil types of the area were collected, analyzed and classified for organic matter, pH, and density, hydrogen, oxygen, sulphur & nitrogen contents. Organic matter is maximum in shale (1.10 %), which falls in the poor category, having pH weak alkaline (7.4). Nitrogen is higher in shale sand (1.68%), which is alkaline (7.4) is considered as best for normal plant growth. Sulphur contents are higher in clay stone (3.20 %). Fertilizer recommendations were advised the farmers according to soil conditions.
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Ghulam Abbas, Rizwana Aleem Qureshi and Sohail Jamil Qureshi, 2001. Measurement of Soil Organic Matter in Different Lithology of Karachi . Journal of Biological Sciences, 1: 779-781.
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2001.779.781
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jbs.2001.779.781
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2001.779.781
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jbs.2001.779.781
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