IJSR - International Journal of Scientific Research

Sensei Surendra Sawardekar; Dr. Urmila Sarkar

Volume : VIII, Issue : VIII, August - 2019

Assessment of Nitrate Reductase Activity in a Formulated Organic Soil Media; A Biomaterial (Jaiv–Samvardhan) and Analysis by â€˜Two–way ANOVAâ€˜

Sensei Surendra Sawardekar, Dr. Urmila Sarkar

Abstract :

Nitrogen (N) is one of the most abundant elements in plants and constitutes 0.5â€“5% of the plant dry weight (8–10% in the case of microalgae). (Lindblad P., Guerrero M.G.). The molecular atmospheric nitrogen is assimilated by Biological and Abiological process. Nitrogen available in the soil is regulated by bacterial association with plants initiating the availability of Nitrogen from the surroundings. Nitrate supports the activity for fixation of N2 by converting it to Nitrite and at the end to ammonia. For this action the reductase enzyme is required and hence the research attempt is carried out to study “Nitrate reductase activity” in Formulated Organic Soil media: A biomaterial named as Jaiv–Samvardhan, using an enzyme source of ‘Bryophyllum leaf’. The research successfully concludes the competence of Formulated organic biomaterial against an enzyme source of yophyllum leaf used as a standard. The statistical analysis by a ‘Two–way ANOVA’ specifies Nitrate reductase activity to be interned Formulated Organic Biomaterial required for a development of plant