Characterization of different Organic Sources for Soil Improvement

Author: Arvind, P.K. Sharma, Ayush Bahuguna, Prem Kumar Bharteey, Tusarkanta Behera, Sumit Kumar Tripathi and Munesh Kumar Shukla

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Abstract

Organic amendments provide organic matter and valuable nutrients to agricultural soil, improve soil structure, increase water holding capacity, and stimulate soil microbial communities. Organic materials must be characterized in order to predict and comprehend their chemistry and behaviour. Numerous studies have attempted to determine its structure and chemical composition; however, due to sample heterogeneity, there is no definitive structure for organic matter, despite the fact that many structural models have been proposed. Farm yard manure (FYM) also improves the soil's ability to retain water. Vermicompost (VC) are materials derived from earthworms and microorganisms promoting the biological deterioration of organic wastes. Sewage sludge is an undesirable by-product of methods for wastewater treatment. Here characterization of four organic sources were done which are FYM, Sewage sludge (SS), Vermicompost (VC) and Poultry manure (PM). The result of the chemical analysis showed that all the organic sources has neutral pH value, while organic carbon content was highest in (VC) and other nutrient analysis showed that the nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and sulphur varied in different organic sources. Similar results for micronutrient reported.

Keywords

Vermicompost, FYM, Poultry manure, Sewage sludge

Conclusion

Organic sources characterization leads to the knowledge of how these sources will affects the soil fertility status. As all of these sources has some nutrient such as nitrogen, potassium, phosphorus, sulphur and micronutrients. So, current characterization of these organic sources will help one to understand their role in the soil system when we applied them. Vermicompost contains more organic carbon compared to other organic sources. Use of FYM, poultry manure and Sewage sludge in long term application can enhance the fertility status of soil as well as improves the biological properties of soil. So, their characterization is essential on that aspect. Therefore, all these information of organic sources reduce the dependence on fertilizers resulting in less pollution to the soil and environment, which on further improve the yield of different crop.

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Arvind, P.K. Sharma, Ayush Bahuguna, Prem Kumar Bharteey, Tusarkanta Behera, Sumit Kumar Tripathi and Munesh Kumar Shukla (2023). Characterization of different Organic Sources for Soil Improvement. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 15(6): 529-531.