Medicinal Plants - International Journal of Phytomedicines and Related Industries
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue: 3

Biofertilizer produced by biodegradable kitchen wastes and leaves of certain medicinal plants provide pathogen resistance to crop plants with high yield

  • Author:
  • Richa1, Rajesh K. Tiwari2, Shiraz A. Wajih1, Shakti K. Prabhuji1,, Gaurav K. Srivastava1
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 180 to 183

1Biotechnology and Molecular Biology Centre, M.G. Post Graduate College, Gorakhpur-273001, India

2Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Lucknow-226 010, India

*Corresponding author e-mail: shaktiprabhuji@rediffmail.com

Online published on 9 October, 2017.

Abstract

The biofertilizer has been prepared from biodegradable kitchen wastes by the use of microbial culture and at the final stage dried and finely powdered leaves of Lawsonia inermis, Boerhaavia diffusa, Cordia myxa, Flacourtia jungomas and Terminalia arjuna were thoroughly mixed. The development and flowering of crop plants have been studied using this biofertilizer mixture. The experimental plants which were grown, using this manure, excelled on all the parameters tested (rate of seed germination, root-shoot ratio, chlorophyll contents in leaves and Nitrate Reductase activity) in comparison to traditional chemical fertilizers and therefore, the prepared biofertilizer has been found to be more effective nutrient supplier with increase rate of secondary metabolites and defence enhancer than the traditional chemical fertilizers without any toxic effect.

Keywords

Biofertilizer, biodegradable, kitchen, wastes, pathogen