Abstract

A field experiment was conducted to study the effect of organic manure application on soil physical properties at the harvest of the sorghum crop and its residual effect on the succeeding crop of soybean. The residual effect was studied in combination with tillage treatments that the addition of organic manures to the first crop especially poultry manure and farm yard manure increased the yield besides improving the physical properties of soil and organic carbon status. The residual effect of organic manures was well pronounced in soybean yield. Though the improvement in soil physical properties as influenced by different organic manures did not significantly vary among themselves, the physical fertility increased markedly over control. Disc ploughing and stubble management without irrigation enhanced the total porosity and hydraulic conductivity of the soil significantly,

Keywords: Soil physical properties, Bulk density, Porosity, Hydraulic Conductivity, Organic manures, Sorghum-Soybean sequence.