Production of Kunapajala and Sanjibani, Their Nutritional Contributions, Microbial and Pesticidal Effect
Bishal Chakraborty
Department of Floriculture, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Faculty of Horticulture, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari, Coochbehar-736165, West Bengal, India.
Indrajit Sarkar *
Department of Floriculture, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Faculty of Horticulture, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari, Coochbehar-736165, West Bengal, India.
Swathi Kulukunde
Agricultural Polytechnic, Jagtial, Telengana, India.
Soumen Maitra
Department of Floriculture, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Faculty of Horticulture, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari, Coochbehar-736165, West Bengal, India.
Arpita Mandal Khan
Department of Floriculture, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Faculty of Horticulture, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari, Coochbehar-736165, West Bengal, India.
Sekhar Bandyopadhyay
Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari, Coochbehar-736165, West Bengal, India.
Abhas Kumar Sinha
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari, Coochbehar-736165, West Bengal, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
A study on nutritional and microbial analysis of Kunapajala with different storage time interval was conducted in the Department of Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry and the Department of Plant Pathology, UBKV, Coochbehar-736165, West Bengal during March, 2019. The motive of this work was to estimate the physicochemical properties, macro and micro nutrient content and various microbial load of Kunapajala with different storage time interval. Kunapajala had the highest P, K, Ca, Mg, Fe, Zn, Cu & Mn 40 days after preparation and it had highest N and S 20 days after preparation. It had the highest beneficial microbial load of Fungi, Actinomycetes, Pseudomonus, Phosphorus Solubilising Bacteria (PSB), Azotobacter, Azospirillum, Rhizobium and Trichoderma 40 days after preparation. So, continuous foliar and soil application of Kunapajala from 20 days after preparation to 40 days after preparation was beneficial to get maximum utilization. Moreover, Kunapajala can be used as an alternative against chemical fertilizers and pesticides to develop organic farming.
Keywords: Kunapajala, sanjibani, liquid organic manure, organic farming, organic pesticide, organic fertilizer.