Improvement of soil physical and chemical properties through organic farming in Maize crop

摘要

An experiment was conducted at Certified Organic Farm of Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari during 2012-13 to study the effect of organic nutrition on improvement in physical as well as chemical properties of soil. The treatment receiving application of 50% castor cake + 50% NADEP compost recorded significantly higher WSA and also recorded significantly increase in concentration of available P_2O_s, K_2O, Ca, Mg, S, Fe, Mn, Zn and Cu contents in soil after harvest of maize crop.