Effect of tillage and weed management practices on soil microbial population in chickpea

A field experiment was conducted during rabi season of 2013-14 and 2014-15 at the research farm Jawaharlal Krishi Vishwa Vidyayala, Jabalpur M.P. to studied of tillage and weed management practices on soil microbial population in chickpea. The result revealed this was no any significant changes in soil bacteria, fungi and actionomycetes in the post harvest soil due to applied tillage practices and herbicides like pendimethalin, imazethapyr and oxyfluorfen as well as due to treatment intractions. However, bacteria were found higher under zero and reduced tillage and under pendimethalin and dual herbicides application. Fungi were found higher under conventional tillage and dual herbicides application. Similarly actinomycetes were found higher under zero and reduced and conventional tillalge and under pendimethalin and dual herbicide application.