author(s)
IA Baba, MT Banday, HM Khan, IU Sheikh and S Adil

abstract
The present study was conducted in the Division of Livestock Production and Management, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry (SKUAST- Kashmir) to assess the seed germination/phytoxicity of the fermented end product of poultry farm waste different seasons. Poultry farm waste in the form of poultry carcass (dead birds) and poultry litter was selected for this purpose. Nine treatment recipes formulated for fermentation were: T₁: Poultry carcass + Poultry litter, T₂:Poultry carcass + Poultry litter + Lactobacillus @ 1.0 per cent T₃:Poultry carcass + Poultry litter + Lactobacillus @ 0.5 per cent T₄: Poultry carcass + Poultry litter + Yeast @1.0 per cent T₅: Poultry carcass + Poultry litter + Yeast @ 0.5 per cent T₆: Poultry carcass + Poultry litter + Lactobacillus @ 1per cent + Yeast @ 0.5per cent T₇: Poultry carcass + Poultry litter + Lactobacillus @ 1per cent + Yeast @ 1per cent T₈: Poultry carcass + Poultry litter + Lactobacillus @ 0.5per cent + Yeast @ 0.5per cent T₉: Poultry carcass + Poultry litter + Lactobacillus @ 0.5per cent + Yeast @ 1 per cent. During winter season the significantly (P<0.05) highest seed germination of 63.0 per cent was observed in T₂ and T₉ and lowest seed germination of 52 .0 per cent was observed in T₆ group. Similarly during summer season significantly (P<0.05) highest and lowest seed germination of 64.5 and 52.5 per cent was observed respectively in T₉ and T₆ treatment groups. It was concluded that fermentation has significantly reduced the phytotoxic components of the poultry waste material.