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 experiment was designed to study the impact of thermochemical digestate fertilizer produced from food waste on select soil physical properties like WHC, bulk density and foliar nutrient concentration and yield in coconut (Cocos nucifera L) in an Entisol of Kerala. The soils were low in plant-available nutrient, except for Mn and Fe. The application of TCDF @ 25 kg per palm per year increased the foliar nutrient concentration in coconut from the second year of application. The foliar nutrient concentration of primary, secondary and micronutrients in TCDF were comparable to POP and STB. In the third year of application, TCDF showed a significant increase in foliar potassium concentration when compared to the other treatments that can be attributed to the increased nutrient retention in soil and enhanced feeder root production. The application of TCDF instead of farmyard manure along with the KAU recommended dose of fertilizers produced more nuts than POP, STB, HTCDF+ RF. The results indicate that TCDF can be a substitute to farmyard manure to increase the yield of coconut.
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