SOIL AND PLANT ANALYSIS (1+1)

Submerged soils

Submerged soils are soils that are saturated with water for a sufficiently long time in a year to give the soil the following distinctive gley horizons resulting from oxidation-reduction processes:

• Partially oxidized ‘A’ horizon
• A mottled zone
• a permanently reduced zone

Characteristics of submerged Soils

• Greater amount of soil solution
• Reduced oxygen level
• Reduced aerobic microbial activity and
• An altered chemical status of the soil