Recycling of Organic Waste through Four Different Composts for Disease Suppression and Growth Enhancement in Mung Beans. Issue 7 (15th May 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Saxena, Jyoti; Choudhary, Sumati; Pareek, Savita; Choudhary, Arbind Kumar; Iquebal, Mir Asif
• Is Part Of: Clean. Volume 43:Issue 7(2015:Jul.)
• Page Start: 1066
• Page End: 1071
• Publication Date: 2015-05-15
• Subjects: Water quality -- Periodicals; Water -- Pollution -- Periodicals; Pollution -- Periodicals; Bioremediation -- Periodicals; Sewage -- Periodicals; Water chemistry -- Periodicals; 333.7205
• DOI: 10.1002/clen.201300748
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1863-0650

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <sec id="clen201300748-sec-0001" sec-type="section"> <p>Compost is beneficial for agriculture fields in many ways such as soil conditioner, fertilizer, and natural pesticide and above all it helps to manage organic wastes and adds vital humic acids to soil. Four indigenous composts prepared from readily available organic wastes viz. vermicompost, banana, NADEP, and <italic>Calotropis</italic> were used in the present investigation for growth and disease suppression in mung beans. The composts were amended with <italic>Trichoderma viride</italic> in the concentration of 0.1 and 0.2% to determine their influence on length and weight of roots and shoots, disease incidence, soil moisture, and soil microflora in plants. The best results were observed in the treatment with <italic>T. viride</italic> (0.2%), followed by <italic>T. viride</italic> (0.1%) in vermicompost, while the treatment <italic>T. viride</italic> (0.1%) with <italic>Calotropis</italic> compost showed little growth and suppression of disease. All composts enhanced the soil moisture content and microbial populations in amended soil resulting in the reduction of disease incidence. Among <italic>T. viride</italic> enriched composts, the counts of fungi, bacteria, and actinomycetes were higher in the vermicompost and banana compost‐amended soils. Thus, preparing these composts from readily available organic wastes and amending soil with <italic>T. viride</italic> enriched composts hold a great promise for improving soil fertility and suppressing the soil‐borne plant pathogens for sustainable agriculture.</p> </sec> </abstract>