An investigation was carried out to estimate soil respiration rate and its relationship with
microbial population in natural tropical forest soil, deforested soil and deforested-and …

A field study was conducted to elucidate interactions among soil fauna, plant litter, soil
nutrients and biochemical activities during litter decomposition in tropical desert land …

Seasonal dynamics of soil microfungal populations, their metabolic activity and
decomposition of leaf litter were studied in a monoculture plantation of Casuarina …

Being a key process in nutrient and carbon cycling in coastal ecosystems, decomposition of
litter in coastal sand dunes of Orissa was studied in relation to abiotic and biotic factors …

I hereby declare that the thesis entitled “Decomposition of Leaf litter by oriculture” is a
bonafide record of research work done by me during the course of research and the thesis …