Response of Inorganic, Organic Fertilizer and Microbial Inoculants on Physico-chemical Properties of Soil in Cultivation of Wheat (Triticum aestivum. L) var. PBW-373
Suhani Raj
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Naini Agricultural Institute (NAI), Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Sciences Prayagraj, 211 007 U.P., India.
Tarence Thomas
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Naini Agricultural Institute (NAI), Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Sciences Prayagraj, 211 007 U.P., India.
Narendra Swaroop
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Naini Agricultural Institute (NAI), Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Sciences Prayagraj, 211 007 U.P., India.
Kamlendra Kumar *
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Naini Agricultural Institute (NAI), Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Sciences Prayagraj, 211 007 U.P., India.
Ashima Thomas
Department of Agro-food Sciences and Technology, University of Bologna, Italy.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The objective of the experiment was to evaluate the response of inorganic fertilizer, organic fertilizer and microbial inoculants on soil health of wheat. The design applied was 3x3 randomized block design. It was observed that treatment T9 (100% RDF +FYM @ 15 t ha-1 + PSB 6.0 kg ha-1) improved the soil WHC, OC, available N,P and K resulted in a slight change in soil pH 7.34, EC 0.49 dS m-1, bulk density 1.14 Mg m-3 and particle density 2.54 Mg m-3. In post-harvest soil of fertilizers observations were resulted in significant increase in pore space 48.97 %, water holding capacity 46.85 %, organic carbon 0.48 %, and available N 286.92 kg ha-1 ,P20.05 kg ha-1,K 201.87 kg ha-1,significant increase in case of Nitrogenkg ha-1, Phosphorus kg ha-1, Potassium kg ha-1 was found to be significant among other treatments in wheat cultivation.
Keywords: Farm yard manure, inorganic fertilizers, phosphorus solubilizing bacteria, soil health, wheat