Vol. 11, Issue 7 (2022)

Author(s):
HV Korat and RK Mathukia

Abstract:
A field experiment has conducted at Department of Agronomy, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, Gujarat in order to study the soil physical, chemical and biological properties under influence of low cost natural farming (LCNF), organic farming (OF) and conventional farming (CF) during rabi 2019-20 to kharif 2020. The results showed that significantly improve soil physical properties under organic and conventional farming during Kharif-2020. Among the different farming modules, organic and conventional farming module substantial improvement in total bacterial, fungal and actinomycetes count as well as soil organic carbon, sulphur and DTPA-extractable micronutrients (Fe, Zn, Cu and Mn) after harvest of crops as compare to natural farming. Soil available N, P and K markedly increased under conventional farming system that included RDF through fertilizers along with FYM.