http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/3875 2011-11-10T07:49:59Z info:eu-repo/semantics/descriptiveMetadata http://oar.icrisat.org/3875/ Studies on biological decomposition of wheat straw. 4. Incorporation of wheat straw and its microbial decomposers on yields of groundnut followed by wheat. Wani, S P Shinde, P A Groundnut The incorporation of undecomposed wheat straw in the soil together with the microorganisms for its decomposition increased the yield of a groundnut crop. An increase of 37% in yield was recorded when wheat straw was inoculated with Penicillium digitatum and C:P ratio was adjusted to 65. Inoculated treatments of a narrower C:P ratio gave a higher yield than wider C:P ratio treatments inoculated with the same cultures. N uptake by groundnut plants increased due to incorporation of straw + the microorganisms. The organic C and N content of the soil increased with all treatments except the control. The highest increase in soil organic C and N was with a treatment of wheat straw of 65 C:P ratio inoculated with Staphylotrichum coccosporum. The yield of wheat after the groundnut was significantly more with several treatments than in the control plots. The highest increase of 79% in grain yield of wheat was in the plots which had previously received wheat straw of 200 C:P ratio. Kluwer 1980 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://oar.icrisat.org/3875/1/Plant_and_Soil_55_235-242_1980.pdf Wani, S P and Shinde, P A (1980) Studies on biological decomposition of wheat straw. 4. Incorporation of wheat straw and its microbial decomposers on yields of groundnut followed by wheat. Plant and Soil, 55 (2). pp. 235-242. ISSN 0032-079X http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02181803 info:eu-repo/semantics/objectFile info:eu-repo/semantics/humanStartPage