Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur (M.P.) -482004.
The field experiment was conducted on research farm of JNKVV during 2005 result showed that in 0–15 cm soil depth highest microbial carbon 291.5 ppm were found in treatment for where as the lowest was 153.25 ppm in fallow, with increasing depth SMC was found low. Similarly in case of soil microbial nitrogen the highest value 35.65 ppm was found in treatment four and the lowest value was found 19.90 ppm in control, SMN also decrease with the increasing of soil depth.