Vol. 11, Issue 4 (2022)

Author(s):
Jitendra Kumar Yadav, Dr. Mahendra Sharma and Dr. Sharvan Kumar Yadav

Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted during rabi season of 2016-2017 to find out effect of different organic manure on soil biological activity in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) at Instructional Farm, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur (Rajasthan). Results indicated that addition of different organic manure significantly increase the microbial population in chickpea. Vermicompost 2 t ha^-1 recorded significantly higher bacterial, fungal and actinomycetes population in the soil at harvest compared to other organic manure treatments. Among liquid organic manures, application of panchagavya 3 per cent had recorded significantly higher bacterial, fungi and actinomycetes count in soil as compared to other treatments. Interaction effect between organic manure and liquid organic manures, application of vermicompost 2 t ha^-1 with panchagavya 3 per cent had recorded significantly higher fungi count as compared to other treatments.