Soil Fertility and Quality Parameter as Inluenced by Inm in Soybean Grown during Summer Season under Different Land Configuration

A field experiment was conducted during summer season of 2011 at the soil and water management research unit farm, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari to study the soil fertility and quality parameter as inluenced by inm in soybean ( Glycine max .L) grown during summer season under different land configuration. The soil of the experimental plot was clayey in texture, low in nitrogen, medium in available phosphorus, fairly rich in available potassium and slightly alkaline in reaction. Total eight treatment combinations comprising of two land configuration treatments (L 1 : Raised bed, L 2 : Flat bed) and two treatments of integrated nutrient management (N 1 : RDF 30:60:00 NPK kg/ha, N 2 : 75% RDF+ (PSB + Rhizobium ) and two treatments of biocompost (B 0 : No biocompost B 1 : Biocompost @ 10 t/ha) were evaluated in factorial Randomized Block Design with four replications. The soybean cv. Gujarat soybean-2 was used as test crop. A remarkable increase in nitrogen uptake in stover and phosphorus content in stover were recorded in raised bed sowing. Organic carbon also significantly increased due to raised bed sowing. The treatment 75 % RDF + biofertilizer ( Rhizobium and PSB) recorded significantly higher N content and uptake by seed and stover. Though it was found to be non significant in N, P and K content and uptake by seed and stover. The treatment 75 % RDF + biofertilizer ( Rhizobium and PSB) recorded significantly higher organic carbon content (0.62). Oil yield, organic carbon and soil available nutrients were significantly higher in biocompost application. Oil and protein, N, P and K content and N, P, K uptake in seed and stover remained unaffected by biocompost application. Remarkably higher N uptake in stover was significantly increased with biocompost application.