Legume Research

  • Chief EditorJ. S. Sandhu

  • Print ISSN 0250-5371

  • Online ISSN 0976-0571

  • NAAS Rating 6.80

  • SJR 0.391

  • Impact Factor 0.8 (2024)

Frequency :
Monthly (January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December)
Indexing Services :
BIOSIS Preview, ISI Citation Index, Biological Abstracts, Elsevier (Scopus and Embase), AGRICOLA, Google Scholar, CrossRef, CAB Abstracting Journals, Chemical Abstracts, Indian Science Abstracts, EBSCO Indexing Services, Index Copernicus
Legume Research, volume 37 issue 4 (august 2014) : 408-414

CUMULATIVE AND RESIDUAL EFFECTS OF INM OF KHARIF RICE ON SOIL ENZYME ACTIVITIES IN RABI GREENGRAM (Vigna radiata)

Ch. S. Rama Lakshmi*, P. Chandrasekhar Rao, T. Sreelatha, M. Madhavi, G. Padmaja, P.V. Rao
1Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, College of Agriculture, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad – 500 030, India
Cite article:- Lakshmi* Rama S. Ch., Rao Chandrasekhar P., Sreelatha T., Madhavi M., Padmaja G., Rao P.V. (2024). CUMULATIVE AND RESIDUAL EFFECTS OF INM OF KHARIF RICE ON SOIL ENZYME ACTIVITIES IN RABI GREENGRAM (Vigna radiata). Legume Research. 37(4): 408-414. doi: 10.5958/0976-0571.2014.00651.1.
The cumulative and residual effects of integrated nutrient management of kharif rice on soil enzyme activities i.e urease, phosphatase, dehydrogenase and cellulase at different growth stages of rabi greengram were tested in an Inceptisol in North Coastal Zone of Andhra Pradesh during rabi 2009 and 2010. Results revealed that all the cumulative treatments showed higher soil enzyme activities at different stages of greengram than their corresponding residual treatments in both the years.  Urease, phosphatase, dehydrogenase and cellulase activities at different growth stages of the greengram gradually increased over the age of the crop and attained higher activity at flowering and gradually decreased at harvest. All the enzyme activities except cellulase were significantly higher in the plots which received 75 % RDFN + vegetable market waste vermicompost @ 2.5 t ha-1, during preceding rice crop. It was closely followed by 75 % RDFN +weed vermicompost @ 2.5 t ha-1 and 100 % Prathista organic manures. Whereas higher cellulase activity was recorded in paddy straw vermicompost treated plots. The over all effect of chemical fertilizers was found to be lower than integrated use of different vermicomposts with respect to enzyme activity during both the years.
  1. Balaraju, K., Kyungseok Park, Shamarao Jahagirdar and Kaviyarasan, V. (2010). Production of cellulose and laccase enzyme by Oudemansiella radicata using agro wastes under solid state and submerged conditions. Res. in Biotechnology. 1: 21-28.
  2. Benitez, E., Nogales, R., Masciandaro, G and Ceccanti, B. (2000). Isolation by iso electric focusing of humic-urease complexes from earthworm processed sewage sludges. Biofertilizers and Soils. 31: 489-493.
  3. Bhattacharyya, P., Chakrabarti, K and Chakraborty, A. (2005). Microbial biomass and enzyme activities in submerged rice soil amended with municipal solid waste compost and decomposed cow manure. Chemosphere. 60: 310–318
  4. Cassida, L.E., Klein, D.A and Santoro, J. (1964). Soil dehydrogenase activity. Soil Sci. 98: 371-376.
  5. Kanchikerimatha, M and Singh, D. (2001). Soil organic matter and biological properties after 26 years of maize-wheat- cowpea cropping as affected by cattle manure and fertilization in a cambisol in semi-arid region of India. Agri. Ecosystems and Environment. 86: 155-162.
  6. Krishna Murthy, R., Raveendra, H.R and Manjunatha Reddy, T.B. (2011). Effect of water logging and weeds as organic manures on enzyme activities under Typic Paluestalf soil. Intern J. of Sci and Nature. 2: 275-278.
  7. Krishna Murthy, R., Sreenivasan, N and Prakash, S.S. (2010). Chemical and biochemical properties of Parthenium and Chormolaena compost. Inter J of Sci and Nature. 1: 166-171.
  8. Linkins, A.E., Sinsabaugh, R.L., Mc Claugherty, C.A. and Melills, J.M. (1990). Cellulase activity on decomposing leaf litter in microcosms. Plant and Soil. 123: 17-25
  9. Norman, Q., Arancon, Clive, A., Edwards, Peter Bierman, James D Metzger, Chad Olk, D.C., Brunetti, G and Senesi, N. (2005). Decrease in humification of organic matter with intensified low land rice cropping -A wet chemical and spectroscopic investigation. Soil Sci Soci of Ame J. 64: 1337-1347.
  10. Pancholy, K.S and Elroy L Rice. (1973). Soil enzymes in relation to old field succession: Amylase, cellulase, invertase, dehydrogenase and urease. Soil Sci Soc of Ame Pro. 37-47.
  11. Rajashekara Rao, B.K. (2000). Chemistry of decomposition of different organic materials and nutrient dynamics under flooded conditions, Ph.D thesis submitted to University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
  12. Ramesh, P., Mohan Singh, Panwar, N.R., Singh, A.B and Ramana, S. (2006). Response of pigeon pea varieties to organic manures and their influence on fertility and enzyme activity of soil. Indian J of Agric Sci. 76: 252-254.
  13. Sankara Rao, V. (1989). Distribution kinetics and some interactions of urease and phosphomonoesterases in soils. Ph.D. Thesis submitted to Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University, Hyderabad.
  14. Shailaja, K. (2006). Effect of different sources on quality of vermicompost and their influence on performance of maize (Zea mays L.). M.Sc. thesis submitted to Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University. Hyderabad.
  15. Singh, A.B and Ganguly, T.K. (2005). Quality comparison of conventional compost, vermicompost and chemically enriched compost. Journal of the Indian Soc of Soil Sci. 53: 352-355.
  16. Sutaria, G.S., Akbari, K.N., Vora, V.D., Hirpara, D.S and Padmani, D.R. (2010). Response of legume crops to enriched compost and vermicompost on vertic ustocrept under rainfed agriculture. Legume Res. 33: 128-130.
  17. Tabatabai, M.A. and Bremner, J.M. (1969) use of P-nitrophenye phosphate for assay of soil phosphatase activity soil biol biochere. 1: 301–307.
  18. Tabatabai, M.A and Bremner, J.M. (1972). Assay of urease activity in soils. Soil Biol and Biochemi. 4: 479-487.

Editorial Board

View all (0)