Impression of Different Agroforestry System on Physical Properties of Soil

This study is associated with the difference between agroforestry systems and their impact on soil over long durations. This investigation interpreted the changes between two years. This study was analyzed by the RBD (Randomized Block Design) with 5 treatments (agroforestry systems) and 4 replications. This investigation was run in the existing systems planted at Forestry Reasech Farm, Department of Forestry, JNKVV, Jabalpur conducted during the Rabi season of 2021-22 and 2022-23. The soil collection was done in the 0-15 cm depth of soil under different agroforestry systems; after that, the soil was tested in the department of agricultural chemistry and soil science under different methodologies. The result revealed that the data of sand silt percentage maximum was obtained in the Acacia nilotica-wheat agroforestry system, and the sand value was found in the Dalbergia sissoo-wheat based system. A. Nilotica-wheat based intercropping agroforestry system shows the highest bulk density and lowest water holding capacity. The pH of soil under investigation was found to be slightly acidic; soil ranges from 6.20 to 6.51, and EC was obtained from 0.20 to 0.26 dsm-1 in the two years of the experiment, with cation exchange capacity (CEC) noted from 22.55 to 35.57 C mol kg-1 between 2021-22 and 2022-23 respectively. The above investigation of D. sissoo–wheat-based agroforestry system was found to be the best treatment. This research was important for the scientific community due to this study's focus on agroforestry systems that have to change the soil's physical properties in long-term scenarios.