ISSN 2167-0447
International Journal of Agricultural Sciences ISSN: 2167-0447 Vol. 16 (1), pp. 001-009, January, 2026. Available online at www.internationalscholarsjournals.org © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
Improving Soil Physical Quality through Integrated Tillage and Farmyard Manure Management
Naveed Iqbal Khan1, Asmat Ullah Malik2, Farah Umer3 and M. Irfan Bodla4
1Soil and Water Testing Laboratory, Lahore, Pakistan
2Agronomic Research Station Karor – Layyah, Pakistan 3Soil and Water Testing Laboratory Layyah, Pakistan 4University of Agriculture Fasialabad, Pakistan
Accepted 20 September, 2025
A field experiment was conducted at Research Area of Institute of Soil ad Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad during year 2004 with the objective to determine the effect of tillage and Farm Yard Manure on soil tilth at sandy clay loam soil. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Blocked Design with four replications having split plot arrangement. Three tillage aspects (Deep tillage (DP), Conventional tillage (CT) and Minimum tillage (MT) and three Farm Yard Manure levels (20 Mg ha-1, 40 Mg ha-1 and control) were used as media of research. The tillage methods were kept in the main plots and FYM levels in subplots. The results revealed that tillage methods significantly increases the soil physical properties as increase in saturated hydraulic conductivity in deep tillage method and decrease in bulk density of soil was noted. The farm yard manure (FYM) also affected the physical properties as it increased saturated hydraulic conductivity. The maximum supply of nitrogen contents (0.079%) was recorded in case of application of FYM (40 Mg ha-1) during minimum tillage.
Keywords: Tillage, FYM, Physical properties, Soil.