IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION OF MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM FOR ACCELERATED SUGARCANE TRASH DECOMPOSITIONT.M. Hemalatha, B. Vajantha, M. Hemanth Kumar and R.P. VasanthiAbstract The present study was carried out to evaluate the microbial consortium developed at Agricultural Research Station, Perumallapalle for accelerating the sugarcane trash decomposition during 2020-2023. Application of the microbial consortium @2kg/ton of sugarcane trash showed least decomposition time ie., 89 days with C:N ratio of 18.77:1 while it took about 147 days in control treatment with C: N ratio of 30: 1. Maximum loss in mass (37.34%) and volume (44.55%) was observed in T3 treatment as against the control treatment with 21.23 % loss in mass and 30.11%loss in volume. The nutrient content in terms of total nitrogen, total phosphorus and total potassium content was also estimated in each treatment and maximum values was observed in T3 treatment with 0.93% N, 0.45% P and 1.12% K. |