ELUCIDATING POTENTIAL APPLICATION OF VERMICOMPOST ON ALLUVIAL SOIL (ENTISOLS) PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF GWALIOR DISTRICT, MADHYA PRADESHSneh Singh Parihar, Nivedita Singh, Bhavana Tomar3, Tirunima Patle and Sachi GuptaAbstract The CRC farm was the site of a field investigation, at ITM University in Gwalior during 2022-23 to investigate the impact of Physico-chemical effects of vermicompost on soil for which seven different treatments were implemented, and the results indicated that treatment T6 (RDF@50%+ vermicompost@100%) led to a reduction in soil pH (7.71) and EC (0.364 ds m-1) while improving soil physical properties such as bulk density (1.24 g cm3), porosity (51.37%), and moisture (11.76%) furthermore treatment T6 also outperformed the control plot (T1) in terms of organic carbon (0.25%), accessible nitrogen (263.42 kg ha-1), phosphorus (18.44 kg ha-1), and potassium (481.4 kg ha-1). The results of this research shows that adding vermicompost significantly and favorably affected the physico-chemical properties of soil. |