SKUAST Journal of Research

Open Access
  • Year: 2024
  • Volume: 26
  • Issue: 1

Effect of fly ash and poultry manure on soil enzymatic activities in maize (Zea mays l.) crop under Punjab agro climatic condition

1Department of Soil Science and Agriculture Chemistry, School of Agriculture, Lovely professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India

2Division of Soil Sciences, SKUAST-K, Shalimar

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted to determine effect of Fly ash with organic and inorganic amendments (NPK) on enzymatic activities of soil taking maize crop under Punjab Agro Climatic condition during Kharif season of 2018 in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with three replications and eight treatments. The source of nutrients applied were various combinations of poultry manure, Fly ash and recommended dose of fertilizer. Results revealed that all the treatments showed positive influence over control with respect to dehydrogenase activity, urease activity, arylsulphatase and phosphatase activity. The application of RDF + Poultry manure (T2 100% RDF + 100% Poultry manure) was found to exert best results, followed by (T3 10% fly ash + 90% RDF + 90% Poultry manure).

Keywords

Fly ash, Poultry manure, Maize, Enzymatic activity