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Effect of tannery effluent on soil physico-chemical properties and growth of finger millet

Volume : 87
Issue: Apr-jun
Pages: 253 - 256
Published: June 24, 2023
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Abstract


Investigatons were carried out to study the effect of tannery effluent on soil properties and growth of finger millet in pot culture. Amendments like gypsum, pressmud, FYM, rice husk ash, cement dust and composted coirpith were tested in combination with raw and diluted effluent. The effluent irrigation increased the bulk density, pH, EC and organic carbon content of soil. Raw effluent reduced the N,P and K uptake but the diluted effluent increased it. Among the amendments, gypsum, pressmud and composted coirpith recorded higher uptake of N, P and K respectively. The grain and straw yields were very much reduced due to effluent irrigation. The diluted effluent irrigation along with composted coirpith recorded higher yield.

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253 - 256
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

Keywords


Tannery effluent Cement kiln dust Composted coirpith Nutrient uptake Grain yield
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