eng Oriental Scientific Publishing Company Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia 0973-1245 2017-03-25 14 1 439 443 10.13005/bbra/2462 21590 article Malik Sajad Ahmad 1 M. Y. Zargar 2 Muneeb Ahmad Wani 3 Sartaj Ahmad Wani 4 Shaheena Kausar 4 Division of Basic Sciences and Humanities, Wadura, Sopore, Baramulla, 193201. Directorate of Research, SKUAST-K, Shalimar, Srinagar, 190025. Division of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, SKUAST-K, Shalimar, Srinagar,190025. Division of NRM, SKUAST-K, Wadura, Sopore, Baramulla, 193201. Rhizospheric soils are rich sources of nutrients, enzymes, proteins, beneficial microbes responsible for sustainable growth of the plants. They supply principal elements to the plant and also promote microbial activity in the soil and improve its structure, aeration, and water holding capacity, which in turn improve the soil capabilities to respond to inputs. This discourse deals with the evaluation of thirty composite soil samples collected from different apple orchards of Baramulla district of Kashmir valley and analyzed for soil characteristics (organic carbon content, total available N, P, K, S; EC, pH, total viable bacterial, fungal and actinomycetes count) which in turn were used as chemical and microbial indicators of rhizospheric soil health of apple orchards in Himalayan Kashmir. It was observed that the soil characteristics were significantly correlated. https://www.biotech-asia.org/vol14no1/soil-health-indicators-of-rhizospheric-soils-of-apple-malus-domestica-borkh-variety-delicious-in-himalayan-kashmir/ available N; composite soil sample; K; organic carbon; P; rhizosphere; S