1Professor and Head, Department of Sustainable Organic Agriculture, Anbil Dharmalingam Agricultural College and Research Institute, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu-620 027
2Post Doctoral Fellow, Centre of Excellence in Sustaining Soil Health, Anbil Dharmalingam Agricultural College and Research Institute, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu-620 027
3Principal Scientist, ICAR-Indian Institute of Farming Systems Research, Modipuram, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh-250 110
Department of Sustainable Organic Agriculture, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu-641 003
*Corresponding author's Email: eagansomu@rediffmail.com
Online Published on 29 January, 2022.
Panchagavya (PG) is an organic formulation prepared from the different byproducts of cow which has been extensively utilized as manure since ancient times. To our knowledge, the first attempt was made during 2019 at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, to assess the metabolites, metabolomic pathways, functional groups present in Panchagavya besides physiochemical properties and microbial load were also assessed. The analysis reveals the presence of essential macro (N, P, K), secondary (Ca, Mg, S, Na) and micronutrients (Cu, Zn, Fe, Mn) that could promote plant growth. Microbial analysis revealed the presence of higher-colony forming units. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) analysis showed the presence of alkanes, primary amides, aromatic compounds, alcohols, nitro compounds and phenols. We identified 67 bio active metabolites that revealed the presence of various amino acids, vitamins, growth- regulators like gibberellins, terpenoids and 8 metabolic pathways. In conclusion, we identified characteristic metabolites and pathway which could be further studied to isolate active principle of the metabolite and their exact mechanism of action in various plant metabolism.
Metabolites, Metabolomic pathways, Functional groups, Nutrients, Microbial load
