Research Article

[Retracted] Quantifying the Soil Arthropod Diversity in Urban Forest in Dera Ghazi Khan

Table 1

Soil analysis was done for the different sites of experimental areas. For this purpose, several soil parameters (EC, pH, organic matter percentage, available P and K, soil saturation, and texture) were considered.

ParameterSoil sample sites
DC GardenMustafa ChowkCanal City

ECe (ms/cm)NeemGuavaMangoPhalsaNeemGuavaMangoPhalsaNeemGuavaMangoPhalsa
1.881.714.853.121.561.984.922.941.61.754.323.23
Soil pH7.617.597.527.027.657.787.587.287.697.587.327.33
Organic matter (%)0.790.660.880.560.660.770.920.420.720.620.770.67
Available phosphorous (ppm)8.267.678.327.927.728.728.427.968.568.528.187.32
Available potassium (ppm)226182186182195195196184190175192176
Saturation (%)383836363838363638383636
TextureLoamLoamLoamLoamLoamLoamLoamLoamLoamLoamLoamLoam
RemarksNormal soilNormal soilNormal soilNormal soilNormal soilNormal soilNormal soilNormal soilNormal soilNormal soilNormal soilNormal soil