Vol. 6, Issue 4 (2018)
Study on long term effect of organic and inorganic farming on different soil properties under middle Gujarat condition
Author(s): Patel Vidhi, Patel KC Shinde RD and Khokhariya Kiranben
Abstract: An investigation was carried out to study the long term effect of organic vs inorganic management on physico-chemical and biological properties of soils of middle Gujarat condition. The survey work was carried out by collecting bulk soil samples at 0-20 cm and 20-50 cm soil depths particularly from 8-10 years old organically and adjoining inorganically managed ten fields of Ahmedabad, Kheda, Anand and Vadodara districts of middle Gujarat region. The results obtained from analyzing these soil samples revealed that organically managed soils have low bulk density (BD) and particle density (PD) than inorganic managed soils and both values were increase with depth of soil. While maximum water holding capacity (MWHC) was found to be maximum (16.88%) under organically managed soils as compared to inorganic soils. Soil texture of Anand, Kheda, Ahmedabad and Vadodara district of middle Gujarat was found to be loamy sand, loamy sand to clayey, sandy loam to silt loam and clayey, respectively. These soils are neutral (7.00) to alkaline (8.33) in reaction and have low salinity (EC <0.8 dS m-1). Significantly higher values of Soil organic carbon (SOC), available P2O5, K2O and S were found in organically managed soil whereas significantly higher values of available Fe were found in inorganically managed soils. Overall increase in total microbial count was 15.89% in organically over inorganically managed soils.
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Patel Vidhi, Patel KC Shinde RD, Khokhariya Kiranben. Study on long term effect of organic and inorganic farming on different soil properties under middle Gujarat condition. Int J Chem Stud 2018;6(4):2163-2168.
