Organic manure and fertilizer N management strategies improve soil health at different growth stages of pearl millet under pearl millet-wheat sequence
Principal component analysis (PCA) effectively distinguished soil variables and treatments, with β-glucosidase and arylsulfatase activity (ARA) showing the highest loading (0.294) in the first principal component (PC1), followed by dissolved organic carbon (DOC) at 0.292 and dehydrogenase activity (DHA) at 0.291. A strong polynomial relationship was noted between soil organic carbon (SOC) and various soil properties, with R² values between 0.93 and 0.99. The FYM<sub>15</sub> x N<sub>120</sub> treatment improved soil health in North-West India's sandy loam soils during both seasons.
Authors
- Shahbaz Khan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4524-9630)
- Dhram Prakash (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0250-4063)
- Dev Raj
- Parmod Kumar Yadav
- R. K. Gupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0146-9922)
- Rameshwar Singh
- Sunita Sheoran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9966-8227)
- Manzer H. Siddiqui
- Saud Alamri
Institutions
- Lovely Professional University (IN)
- Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (IN)
- King Saud University (SA)
- Punjab Agricultural University (IN)
- Colorado State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Plant Biology
- Published
- 2025-01-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-025-06128-2
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.75
Funders
- King Saud University