Decomposition of Farm Wastes by Cellulolytic Organism

Fungal and bacterial cultures were applied on agriculture waste material comprising soybean straw, pigeonpea straw, wheat straw, cotton stalk and weed to investigate their per cent loss in weight, C:N ratio as well as their effect on the development of soil microflora i.e. fungi, bacteria and actinomycetes.

Treatments Trichoderma+THchums+Cellulomonas (T₇) gave maximum per cent wt. loss of substrate during all three years (56.52%) followed by Trichoderma+nichirus (T₄) (54.97%). It reduces C:N ratio drastically within 90 days (10.88:1). The fungal (31.26 × 10⁷), bacterial (67.32. × 10⁷) and actinomycetes (72.32. × l0⁵) population also increases in the same treatments.