EVALUATION OF ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY OF ANAEROBIC DIGESTATE AND ITS EFFECT ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF MAIZE

Pakistan is an agricultural country. The increased population leads to increasing demand for
food. Unfortunately, crops are infected by different microbes and nutrient deficiency of soil
adversely affects the yield of the crop. Furthermore, the use of chemical fertilizers like Nitrogen,
Phosphorus, Potassium (NPK), Urea, Diammonium phosphate (DAP) and pesticides have
environmental consequences. Therefore, so there is need to find alternative renewable and
sustainable biofertilizers.