Effect of Different Types of Enriched Composts on Soil Fertility

A green house experiment, using amaranthus (Var CO 2) as test crop, was conducted to assess the effect of raw and composted waste materials viz., bananapseudostem/sugarcane trash applied in conjuction with 100 per cent and 75 per cent of the RDF, respectively, on soil fertility status, and to compare their influence with the application of 100 per cent RDF alone and the absolute control. The availability of macro, secondary and micronutrients, organic carbon content and CEC were enhanced markedly with either poultry manure enriched microbial inoculum/Trichoderma viride/bananapseudostem compost/sugarcane trash compost each applied @ 750 kg ha^-1 conjointly with 75 per cent of the RDF, affirming the effect of enriched compost over that of unenriched compost/inorganic fertilizers with and without raw base materials.