A field experiment was conducted on deep vertisols of Bhopal, India to evaluate the manural potential of three organic manures: farmyard manure (FYM), poultry manure (PM), phosphocompost (PC) vis-a-vis 0%, 75% and 100% recommended dose of fertilizer-NPK and to find out the most productive cropping system at various combinations of organic manures and chemical fertilizers. The seed yield of inte...

raphanus sativus l. (radish) plants were grown in waste water irrigated area of dinapur, a suburban area in the north east of varanasi, india. soil and plant characteristics were compared between fertilized (farmyard manure (fym), npk, and fym+n) and non-amended control treatments. compared to the control, plants grown in fym and fym+n amended soil showed a decrease in concentrations of heavy m...

The effect of sewage sludge fertilization on nitrogen and sulphur content in maize was assessed in a pot experiment conducted in 2003-2005. The experimental design comprised the following treatments in four replications on three soils: treatment without fertilizer – (0); mineral fertilization – (NPK); farmyard manure – (FYM); sewage sludge A – (SSA); a mixture of sewage sludge A with peat – (MS...

Finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn) is a staple food crop grown by subsistence farmers in the semi-arid tropics of South Asia and Africa. It remains highly valued by traditional farmers as it is nutritious, drought tolerant, short duration, and requires low inputs. Its continued propagation may help vulnerable farmers mitigate climate change. Unfortunately, the land area cultivated wi...

The aim of this study was to investigate the response of soil microbial parameters to nutrient management practices involving organic amendments, farmyard manure (FYM), vermicompost (VC), crop residues (CR) and biofertilizers (BF) in rice–wheat and rice–wheat–mung bean cropping system of the IndoGangetic Plains, India. Soil microbial biomass C (Cmic), basal respiration, ergosterol, glomalin, so...

Experiment was conducted during 2007 growing seasons at the Field of College of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran Province, Iran to study the effect of biofertilizers (Azosporillum and Azotobacter), nitrogen fertilizer (N) and farmyard manure (FYM) in various rates on the grain and biological yield, seed protein content as well as seed oil content and fatty acid composition in sun...

Integrated nutrient management (INM) under reduced tillage practices improve soil properties and plant nitrogen (N) dynamics. The effects of urea, farmyard manure (FYM) and soybean residue (SR) under different tillage systems were evaluated in 2-year field experiments for N translocation and translocation efficiencies. Tillage systems included minimum (MT), conventional (CT) and deep (DT) tilla...

A field experiment (randomized complete block, factorial) was conducted during 2009 and 2010 in newly reclaimed sandy soil, New Valley of the western desert, Egypt to assess the interaction effects of potassium and farmyard manure (FYM) application on growth and soil properties of forage cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. local variety). Factors and treatments are: K-application rate: 0, 48, 96 and 1...

Continuous application of phosphatic fertilizers in association with its low recovery results the insoluble legacy P buildup agricultural soils. In this study, a field experiment was conducted maize hybrid COH(M) 6 to know effect different activators (Farmyard Manure, Humic acid, Phosphorus Solubilising Bacteria, and Phytase) on increasing phosphorus (P) availability. The were combined applied ...

Balanced and integrated use of organic and inorganic fertilizers may enhance the accumulation of soil organic matter and improves soil physical properties. A field experiment having randomized complete block design with four replications was conducted for 36 years at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, India to assess the effects of inorganic fertilizers and farmyard manure (FYM) on...