Exploring the Physical, Chemical, and Biological Properties of Soils from Different Regions Classified into Different Textural Classes

Abstract

Soil is a living, dynamic structure that plays critical roles in terrestrial ecosystems. Soil texture is an important soil property because it influences other important soil qualities such as soil structure, soil moisture, the diversity of living organisms, plant growth, and overall soil quality. Soil texture has an impact on the chemical and physical qualities of the soil, as well as enzyme activity and microbial population. The study's goal was to investigate the chemical characteristics, soil enzymes, and soil respiration of soils with various textures (sandy loam, clay loam, clay, sandy clay loam). Soil samples were collected from eight distinct regions (Kücükkoy, Fethiye, Dinlendik, İçer Çumra, Kuzucu, İnli, Alibeyhüyüğü, and Güvercinlik) at depths ranging from 0 to 30 cm in Konya's Cumra district, and four different texture classes were determined. The varying soil textural classes were found to have different impacts on pH, EC, lime, organic matter, macro and micro components, soil respiration, and various enzyme activities. These textural variations resulted in statistically significant differences. Variations in these factors were also shown to change the activities of specific soil enzymes. The results also show that clay-textured soil contains the highest amounts of micronutrients, soil respiration, catalase enzyme, as well as acidic and alkaline phosphatase enzyme activity