%0 Journal Article
%T Soil microbial biomass in relation to fine root in Kiteni hill Sal forest of Ilam, eastern Nepal
%A Krishna Prasad Bhattarai
%A Tej Narayan Mandal
%J Nepalese Journal of Biosciences
%P 80-87
%D 2012
%R 10.3126/njbs.v2i0.7493
%X Soil microbial biomass in relation to fine root was studied in Kiteni hill Sal ( Shorea robusta ) forest of Ilam during summer season. The forest had sandy loam type of soil texture. Organic carbon was higher in 0-15 cm depth (2.09%) than in 15-30 cm depth (1.53%). Total nitrogen of 0- 15 cm depth was 0.173% and in 15-30 cm depth was 0.124%. Soil microbial biomass of carbon of Kiteni hill sal forest was (445.14 ?g g -1 ) and microbial biomass of nitrogen was (49.07 ?g g -1 ). Fine root biomass of this forest was 2.34 t ha -1 (<2 mm diameter) and 0.93 t ha -1 (2-5 mm diameter) in 0-15 cm depth and 0.73 t ha -1 (<2 mm diameter) and 0.46 t ha -1 (2-5 mm diameter) in 15-30 cm depth. Organic carbon, total nitrogen, soil microbial biomass carbon and nitrogen of upper layer soil were negatively correlated with fine root biomass of forest. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/njbs.v2i0.7493 Nepalese Journal of Biosciences 2 : 80-87 (2012)
%K Hill sal forest
%K physico-chemical properties
%K microbial biomass
%K fine root biomass
%K Ilam
%U http://www.nepjol.info/index.php/NJBS/article/view/7493