Effect of Green Leaf Manuring on Soil Physicochemical and Soil Biological Parameters

ABSTRACT

Present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of green leaf manuring on soil physicochemical and biological parameters. Three out of total four soil samples were treated with Mangifera indica, Gmelina arborea and Dialium guineense leaf manures one for each respectively prior to the cultivation of Telfairia occidentalis plant on each of the soil samples including the untreated soil sample (control). Physicochemical and biological parameters of the soil samples, plant growth characteristics, mineral, proximate and phytochemical compositions of both the leaves of the cultivated plant and the leaves used as manure were evaluated and compared.  Data collected were subjected to analysis of variance. Significant increase (p