After reading this article you will learn about the forms and behaviour of various nutrients in soil:- 1. Nitrogen 2. Phosphorus 3. Potassium 4. Calcium and Magnesium 5. Sulphur 6. Micronutrients. 1. Nitrogen: Nitrogen basically occurs in the soil in complex organic forms like proteins which are decomposed by proteinase enzymes produced by micro-organisms to amino acids that are further [...]
After reading this article you will learn about:- 1. Important Green Manuring Crops 2. Important Green Leaf Manuring Plants 3. Technique of Green Manuring 4. Advantages and Disadvantages 5. Economics. Important Green Manuring Crops: Green manuring crops must grow rapidly on varieties of soil and must decompose quickly enough to release the nutrients they contain in the soluble form, for [...]
After reading this article you will learn about the principles and process of compost manufacture. Principles of Compose Manufacture: Waste plant materials contain nutrients in the form in which plant roots cannot absorb them. Waste plant materials are decomposed by micro-organisms when complex organic form of nutrients like proteins are converted to their respective simple inorganic form in which plant [...]