COMPARISON OF SOIL PHYSICO-CHEMICAL, MICROBIAL AND ENZYMATIC PROPERTIES IN ORGANICALLY AND INORGANICALLY MANAGED SOILS AT PRE AND POST HARVEST STAGES OF CORIANDRUM SATIVUM CROPKHANJI NAJRANA, SHILPKAR PRATEEK AND SHAH MAYURAbstract Today many farmers in India and other countries have shifted from inorganic to organic farming. Present study compares soil properties in different farms managed for a long time organically and inorganically. Farm soils were collected at two stages of Coriandrum sativum crop growth, i.e. preharvest and post-harvest. Physico-chemical properties, microbial count and enzyme activities were found out in these soil samples. All parameters were analyzed in duplicate to minimize the experimental error and average values are presented here. Results show that organically managed soil has higher microbial counts and enzyme activities compared to inorganically managed soil. Further, inorganic soil contains higher nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium content than that of organic soil. Values for all the parameters, except pH, decreased at post-harvest stage compared to pre-harvest.
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