Agricultural practice ; Agropedology ; India ; Karnataka ; Land use ; Orchard ; Soil degradation ; Soil properties ; Tropical zone
Agrología ; Aprovechamiento del suelo ; Degradación de los suelos ; India ; Propiedades del suelo ; Práctica de cultivo ; Vergel ; Zona intertropical
This study assessed how land use change from native deciduous forest to tropical fruit orchards under humid subtropics of India impacts the soil physical, chemical and biological properties. This study also validated whether the existing orchard