Current Advances in Agricultural Sciences(An International Journal)
  • Year: 2024
  • Volume: 16
  • Issue: 2

Scientific Validation of Bioactive Metabolites in Fermented Crop Stimulant from Cow Dung and Urine

  • Author:
  • R. Sunitha1, G. Gayathry2,*, M. Suganthy3, K. Ganesan4, S.K. Rajkishore5, S. Jaya Prabhavathi6, S. Padmapriya7
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Published Online: Aug 27, 2024
  • Page Number: 73 to 77

1Assistant Professor (Environmental Sciences), Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-641 003 (Tamil Nadu), India; E-mail: sunitha.r@tnau.ac.in

2Assistant Professor (Agricultural Microbiology), ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Vridhachalam - 606 001, Cuddalore District (Tamil Nadu), India; E-mail: gayathryg@tnau.ac.in

3Professor (Agricultural Entomology), Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore - 641 003 (Tamil Nadu), India; E-mail: suganthy@tnau.ac.in

4Associate Professor (Agricultural Entomology), Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore - 641 003 (Tamil Nadu), India; E-mail: ganesan.k@tnau.ac.in

5Assistant Professor (Environmental Sciences), Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-641 003 (Tamil Nadu), India; E-mail: rajkishore@tnau.ac.in

6Associate Professor (Agricultural Entomology), Regional Research Station, Vridhachalam - 606 001, Cuddalore District (Tamil Nadu), India; E-mail: sjayaprabhavathiento@gmail.com

7Associate Professor (Horticulture), Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore - 641 003 (Tamil Nadu), India; E-mail: padmapriya.s@tnau.ac.in

G. Gayathry (*Corresponding author), gayathryg@tnau.ac.in

Online Published on 27 August, 2024.

Abstract

The present investigation was performed to elucidate and unravel the potential crop stimulating compounds in fermented organic formulation ‘jeevamrith’. In natural farming system, freshly collected Gir cow urine and dung were collected and through traditional method, the organic formulation, jeevamrith was fermented and liquid - solvent extraction method using diethyl ether solvent was used to perform GC-MS analysis of bioactive compounds fromjeevamrith. The results of GC-MS revealed about 34 different compounds in the fermented formulation. Among them, fatty acids namely n-hexadecanoic acid, oleic acid and tetradecanoic acid were explored at peak area of 47.14%, 11.379% and 8.024%, respectively, benzoic acid (5.588%), octadecanoic acid (3.895%), palmitoleic acid (3.625%) and pentadecanoic acid (2.594%) were more predominant. The crop stimulating compounds present in jeevamrith opens a broader and technical knowhow and avenue for adoption of these technologies in natural farming practices with full proof scientific evidences.

Keywords

Bioactive compounds, Cow dung, Cow urine, Crop stimulant, Jeevamrith, GC-MS