SOIL PROTOZOA FROM AGRICULTURE LAND OF DURG DISTRICT, INDIAEwraj Janghel and Sanju SinhaAbstract Protozoans are usually very numerus in agriculture soil, with numbers in the magnitude up to thousand cells per gram of soils. Protozoa regulate the bacterial population play an important role in regulating the soil food chain. In the present study, the soil samples were collected from seven different sites of Durg district and were analyzed for their physico-chemical characteristics and protozoan species. Total 23 protozoa were recorded. Out of which 1 genera of rhizopods, 1 genera of actinopods and 21 genera of ciliates were observed during the study period. The density, % frequency and abundance with important value index (IVI) has been calculated. The Simpson index and Shannon-Weiner index were used to evaluate the diversity of protozoan communities. The highest species diversity was found for the Rice field of Basni (site -5) and Bhilai Steel Plant effluent enunded soil (site -7) and lowest species diversity was found for the vegetable field of Teligundra (site-1). |