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Research Article | Open Access | Peer Review

IMPROVEMENT OF SUGARCANE PRODUCTION IN TANNERY EFFLUENT POLLUTED SOILS

Volume : 86
Issue: Apr-jun
Pages: 202 - 206
Published: June 29, 2023
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Abstract


Four sugarcane varieties (Co 740, Coc 771, Coc 85061 and G 85335) were evaluated in a soil polluted by tannery effluents under different management practices Among the four varieties. CoC 771 recorded the highest cane yield of 124.92 t/ha and sugar yield of 13.61 t/ha with the application of 25 tha of coir pith. Coir pith mulching trash mulching and pressmud application were found superior over the application o amendments like gypsum and pyrites.

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202 - 206
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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.

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Sugarcane Tannery effluent Pollution
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