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VOL. 6, ISSUE 5 (2021)
Nutrient and microbiological evaluation of indigenous liquid organic manures: Panchagavya, jeevamirtham and amirthakaraisal
Authors
Balakumar K, Ganesh P, Pradeep M
Abstract
Recently Organic farming is gaining importance due to the negative impact of chemical fertilizers and pesticides on the environment and human health. Hence, the present study evaluates the microbial and nutrient content of indigenous liquid organic manure (LOM) preparations like Panchagavya (PG), Jeevamirtham (JM) and Amirthakaraisal (AK) commonly used in organic farming. Twenty-three morphologically distinct isolates were obtained from these preparations. Enumeration of bacterial content from these liquid organic preparations revealed the highest amount of aerobic bacterial load in PG. N2-Fixers were found to be high in JM and the P-solubilizers and Lactobacillus content were found to equally high in both JM and AK. The plant nutrients such as NPK, organic content and micronutrients Cu, Zn, Mn and Fe was high in PG. Thus PG was found to be superior both in aerobic microbial load and plant nutrients compared to JM and AK. But JM was found to good in the content of soil fertilizing bacteria like N2 –fixers and P-solubilisers and also the Lactobacillus.
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Pages:1267-1270
How to cite this article:
Balakumar K, Ganesh P, Pradeep M "Nutrient and microbiological evaluation of indigenous liquid organic manures: Panchagavya, jeevamirtham and amirthakaraisal ". International Journal of Botany Studies, Vol 6, Issue 5, 2021, Pages 1267-1270
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