A Comparative Study of the Effects of Biofertilizers and Chemical Fertilizers on Soil Physical and Biological Properties under Chickpea Crop (Cicer arietinum L.)
Krishna Kumar Patel *
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, 208002, India.
Alok Kumar Pandey
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Acharya Narendra Dev University of Agriculture and Technology Kumarganj Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, 224229, India.
Ajay Kumar Baheliya
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Acharya Narendra Dev University of Agriculture and Technology Kumarganj Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, 224229, India.
Veerendra Singh
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, 208002, India.
Rishikesh Yadav
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, 208002, India.
Shubham Pandey
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, 208002, India.
Adesh
Department of Agronomy Acharya Narendra Dev University of Agriculture and Technology Kumarganj Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, 224229, India.
Vikash Yadav
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Acharya Narendra Dev University of Agriculture and Technology Kumarganj Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, 224229, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
This study investigated the impact of solid biofertilizers and organic ameliorants on soil biological properties and chickpea yield. The experiment was conducted at the Instructional Farm of ANDUA&T Ayodhya India during the Rabi season of 2020-2021. The experiment was comprised of eleven treatments, control (T1); (T2); chemical fertilizers 100% RDF; (T3)chemical fertilizers 50% RDF (T4); FYM +Jeevamrit (T5); Agro residue Mulch + FYM + Jeevamrit (T6); Rhizobium +PSB (T7); FYM + Jeevamrit + Rhizobium +PSB (T8); T3 + FYM + Jeevamrit T9; T3 + T5, T10; T3 + T6, T11; T3 + T4 + T6, were replicated thrice in RBD. Chickpea variety KPG-59 was taken as test crop. The results showed that the application of solid biofertilizers and organic ameliorants with chemical fertilizer significantly improved some soil biological properties. The treatments that included FYM and Rhizobium + PSB showed the greatest improvements in soil health as well as chickpea yield. Soil properties as EC, OC and OM were found to be significant while physical property were non-significant.
Keywords: Jeevamrit, organic manure, FYM, agro residue mulch, rhizobium, PSB