National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
An investigation was carried out to study the effects of organic and inorganic mulching on soil properties in acid lime at Fruit Research Farm, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Central Agricultural University, Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with 9 treatments and 3 replications. The maximum moisture content (36.06 %) was observed in polythene mulch with black side facing upward (T8) while maximum organic carbon (3.11 %), available nitrogen (428.47 kg/ha), phosphorus (45.17 kg/ha) and potassium (575.06 kg/ha) content was recorded by saw dust mulch (T7). The treatment recorded highest microbial population of bacteria (83.45 × 105) in paddy straw mulch (T4) and fungi (119.34 × 105) in rice husk mulch (T5). The study revealed that organic mulches have beneficial effect on soil properties as compared to inorganic mulches. Among the treatments, saw dust and paddy straw mullch proves to be the best ideal treatment for improving soil properties in acid lime.
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