Soil microbial properties influenced with long term application of manures and fertilizers

SUNITA SHEORAN; DEV RAJ; R S ANTIL; V S MOR; K S GREWAL

doi:10.56093/ijas.v90i1.98667

Authors

SUNITA SHEORAN Ph D Scholar, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana 125 004, India
DEV RAJ Assistant Scientist, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana 125 004, India
R S ANTIL Principal Advisor, Amity Food and Agriculture Foundation, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
V S MOR Assistant Scientist, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana 125 004, India
K S GREWAL Dean, College of Agriculture, CCS HAU, Hisar

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijas.v90i1.98667

Keywords:

Enzymes activity, FYM, Microbial biomass, Sandy loam

Abstract

An ongoing long-term field experiment established in 1995 at CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar (India) under pearl millet-wheat cropping system was selected to examine the impact of organic manures and fertilizers on soil microbiological properties. After 19 years of experiment, the samples were collected after wheat harvest in April, 2014. Under different combinations of treatments, the microbial biomass carbon (MBC) and microbial biomass nitrogen (MBN) content in soil ranged from 202–491 and 35.0–79.8 mg/kg, respectively. The lower content of MBC and MBN was observed in farmyard manure (FYM) treated plots as compared to pressmud or poultry manure. Soil microbial quotient (SMQ) ranged from 3.18– 5.61% and higher SMQ was observed with pressmud and poultry manure application as compared to FYM application. The highest dehydrogenase activity (DHA) was reported with FYM₁₅ (63.71 μgTPF/g/24 hr) which was statistically at par with FYM₁₅N₁₅₀ (59.75 μg TPF/g/24 h) and pressmud_7.5 (58.14 μg TPF/g/24 h). Among organic manures applied alone alkaline phosphatase activity (APA) followed the order: poultry manure>FYM>pressmud. The highest urease activity (97.6 μg NH₄ +-N/g/h) was observed with pressmud_7.5 and this may be attributed to higher N content (3.23%) in pressmud. The dehydrogenase and urease activity decreased in the plots where organic manures were applied in conjunction with NP fertilizers as compared to solitary application of organic manures. However, reverse trend was observed in case of alkaline phosphatase. Overall, pressmud applications exhibited favorable impacts on soil properties under pearl millet wheat cropping. Therefore, continuous application of pressmud could lead to long term maintenance of soil microbial properties in these sandy loam soils.

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