Determination of Quality Parameters of Podzolic Soils Under Different Land Use

The aim of this study is to evaluate the status of podzolic soils commonly found in the Eastern Black Sea Region, under different land use conditions in terms of soil quality parameters. Cultivated area used for tea garden, meadow and forest lands were determined as the study area. The soil profiles for each determined lands were excavated and defined. The study was done with soil samples taken from each horizonsof profiles. Some chemical and physical analyses were carried out with these samples based on soil quality parameters. In this study, the texture, soil acidity, lime contend, organic material, electric conductivity, cation exchange capacity, exchangeable cation, nitrogen, phosphorus, microelement, particle density, aggregate stability, hydraulic conductivity of these soil samples were evaluated. As a result of these evaluations, it is found all land use types has high land quality. On the other hand, it was also determined that the soil quality of meadow and forest lands were higher than the tea cultivating lands