Investigation of Physicochemical and Microbiological Properties of Soil from Selected Regions Around Sangli District, Maharashtra.

ABSTRACT

The soil fertility depends upon various physicochemical and microbiological properties therefore its analysis become necessary to study more economical gain from the suitable cash crops. The physicochemical and microbiological studies of soil from villages like Bagni, Koregaon, Dhavli and Nagaon were carried out. Most of the soil region of these villages shows the good soil quality index. The rhizospheric bacterial diversity was observed amongst these area as well as chemical analysis of these soil sample shows high fertility in terms of organic carbon and organic matter content of soil. Amongst the isolated microbial strains most of them shows rapid rate of phosphate solubilization. Nitrogen fixing ability of these strains were also been studied. This investigation brought to the limelight that the agriculture regions of the studied areas are suitable for agricultural purposes and the isolated strains can be used as effective bioinoculants to increase the fertility of soil.