Assessment of Soil Parameters and Microbes in Amaravathi River Bed Area, Karur District, Tamil Nadu, India
J. Environ. Nanotechnol., Volume 3, No 2 (2014) pp. 150-155
Abstract
In the present study, the physico-chemical properties of soil samples of agricultural region collected from Amaravathi River basin and were analyzed. Parameters like soil pH, turbidity, total dissolved solids, total hardness, total alkalinity, calcium, magnesium, nitrate, sulphate, chloride, fluoride, phosphate, iron, manganese, biological oxygen demand and chemical oxygen demand for the soil samples were carried out. Different values were observed in the different physico-chemical parameters due to the soil quality in different sampling locations. Values of pH, Chloride, Fluoride, Sulphate, BOD and COD concentration in the soil samples also show wide variations. Microbiological characteristics of soil samples were carried out among which, bacillus and pseudomonas species were the predominant bacteria genera isolated.
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