Division of Plant Pathology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology, Main Campus Chatha-180 009, Jammu, India.
Online published on 23 July, 2012.
During solarization significant increase in soil temperature was observed in solarized plots as compared to non-solarized plots at all the depths (5, 10 & 15cm). Microbial load exhibited a significant decrease in solarized plots. Soil moisture conservation percentage was recorded maximum in solarized plots amended with FYM 23.8 and 19.3% in the year 2007 and 2008, respectively. It was observed that pH of the soil was highest in solarized plots without any soil amendment and FYM treated with Trichoderma viride (JMU-24) after soil solarization (7.44 & 7.40 in 2007 and 2008, respectively).
Microbial population, Soil solarization, Solanum melongena
