Impact of natural, organic and conventional farming practices on soil mesofauna population in redgram ecosystem

Abstract

A comparative study to know the variations in soil mesofauna population in redgram ecosystem grown under different farming practices viz., natural farming, organic farming, combination of organic + natural farming and conventional/ farmers practice/ chemical method of farming was carried out during Kharif 2020 and 2021 at RIOF, UAS, GKVK. The pooled data (two year) results revealed that highest soil mesofauna population in 500 g soil of redgram ecosystem was noticed in organic farming practice followed by combination of organic + natural farming practice, natural farming practice and absolute control treatments. However, least number of soil mesofauna was recorded in chemical /farmer’s practice and UAS (B) package of practice respectively.