Impact of management practices on soil microbial properties under wheat-cluster bean cropping system

Abstract

A study of organic, integrated and inorganic plant nutrient management systems was conducted to determine the effect of management practices on soil microbiological properties after 10 years of continuous application. The rate of C mineralization and potentially mineralizable nitrogen were 6.8 and 41.5 mg/kg soil, respectively. Arginine ammonification and nitrification activities were 0.88 µg NH 4 + -N/g soil/h and 56.0 µg NO 3--N/g/day, respectively. Microbial biomass C, N and P were 320, 40 and 12 mg/kg soil, respectively. Alkaline phosphatase, urease and cellulase activities were highest with application of VC@15t /ha.

The Role of Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Fungi in Drought Tolerance in Legume Crops: A Review

“…Prolonged drought has adverse effects on many aspects such as seed germination, root and leaf development, photosynthetic efficiency, stoma control, flowering period and reproduction, which gives destructive effects during pod filling and hence affect the yield (Delmer, 2005;Pushpavalli et al, 2015). The germination rate in soybean (Liu et al, 2020) and chickpea (Nisha et al, 2019;Ruth Muruiki, 2018) was severely reduced due to water deficit, however, in faba bean, DS commonly occurs at the seedling stage and significantly affects yield (Li et al, 2018).…”