Question

Difference between manure and fertilizer

october 26, 2017 by surbhi s leave a comment

agriculture is one of the primary occupations of all the countries around the world. indeed, we are mainly dependent on agriculture for our daily needs. to increase the agriculture produce, the farmers work on improving the fertility of soil, which is possible by adding manure and fertilizer. manure refers to the natural substance that is obtained from the decomposition of the waste of plant and animals such as cow dung, etc.

Answer 1

manure are natural substance obtain from detritus and dead organic substance present in the soil by their decomposition with the help of microorganisms while fertilizers are synthetic substance which are man made containing different chemical composition which may damage plants and may decrease the fertility of soil due to its excess and regular use.

Answer 2

fertilisers are inorganic salts while manure is an organic salt. 2- fertilisers are expensive than manure 3 fertilisers do not add any humus to the soil while manure provides a lot of humus to the soil 4- they are rich in plant nutrients like nitrogen phosphorus and potassium while manure contains less amount of essential plant nutrients 5-eg of fertilisers urea and pottash ...eg of manure sunn hemp and sesbania