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 |
A field experimental study was conducted to assess the impact of the rapid organic fertilizer produced by thermochemical processing of degradable household waste in the dynamics of plant available essential micronutrients in banana (Musa spp. variety Nendran). The experiment was laid out in Randomised Block Design with 8 treatments and 3 replications. Soil test based micronutrients, both as soil application and as foliar spray were compared in treatment combinations involving farmyard manure as well as rapid organic fertilizer. The organic fertilizer produced by rapid thermochemical processing was capable of a steady supply of plant available micronutrients in soil over the conventional farmyard manure based fertilizers. The resultant foliar micronutrient concentration from both sources of organic fertilizers did not exhibit significant variation. Direct foliar application of micronutrients was not advantageous over soil application in conjunction with other nutrients, irrespective of the organic manure source, thus reducing the cost of production. Application of rapid organic fertilizer fortified with soil test based micronutrients favoured crop productivity in banana with enhanced total dry matter production and on par bunch yield with farmyard manure. The rapid organic fertilizer produced from degradable solid waste through thermochemical processing could be considered an effective substitute for farmyard manure.
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