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Types of manures are.
Types of manures are.
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The correct option is A Farmyard, compost and green manure
Manure is the organic matter used as a kind of fertilizer it is something like natural fertilizer it may be of animal faeces ,green manure by de-composting technique .The different types of manures are as follows-
- Farm Yard Manure:
It is a mixture of cattle dung, urine, litter or bedding material, portion of fodder not consumed by cattle and domestic wastes like ashes etc. collected and dumped into a pit or a heap in the corner of the backyard. It is allowed to remain there and rot till it is taken out and applied to fields. Well rotten Farm Yard Manure contains O.5.% N., 0.2 % % P2O5 and 0.5 % K2O .
- Compost:
Well rotted plant and animal residue is called compost. Composting means rotting of plant and animal remains before applying in fields. The essential requirements of composting are air, moisture, optimum temperature and a small quantity of nitrogen. It is an activity of micro-organisms and same people recommend addition of suitably prepared inoculum to introduce micro-organisms for decomposing the material.
- Green Manuring:
Green manure crops are grown in the field itself either as a pure crop, or as an intercrop with the main crop, and buried in the same field. The most common green manure crops are sunhemp, dhaincha and guar. Tender green-twigs and leaves are collected from wastelands which are spread in the field and incorporated into the soil. Shrubs and trees are also cut and turned into the soil e.g. Shrubs like Glyricidia, Sesbania, karanj.
So, the correct answer is ' Farmyard, compost and green manure'
Manure is the organic matter used as a kind of fertilizer it is something like natural fertilizer it may be of animal faeces ,green manure by de-composting technique .The different types of manures are as follows-
- Farm Yard Manure:
It is a mixture of cattle dung, urine, litter or bedding material, portion of fodder not consumed by cattle and domestic wastes like ashes etc. collected and dumped into a pit or a heap in the corner of the backyard. It is allowed to remain there and rot till it is taken out and applied to fields. Well rotten Farm Yard Manure contains O.5.% N., 0.2 % % P2O5 and 0.5 % K2O .
- Compost:
Well rotted plant and animal residue is called compost. Composting means rotting of plant and animal remains before applying in fields. The essential requirements of composting are air, moisture, optimum temperature and a small quantity of nitrogen. It is an activity of micro-organisms and same people recommend addition of suitably prepared inoculum to introduce micro-organisms for decomposing the material.
- Green Manuring:
Green manure crops are grown in the field itself either as a pure crop, or as an intercrop with the main crop, and buried in the same field. The most common green manure crops are sunhemp, dhaincha and guar. Tender green-twigs and leaves are collected from wastelands which are spread in the field and incorporated into the soil. Shrubs and trees are also cut and turned into the soil e.g. Shrubs like Glyricidia, Sesbania, karanj.
So, the correct answer is ' Farmyard, compost and green manure'
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