Vol. 6, Issue 3 (2018)
Variation in growth parameters of maize (Zea mays L.) at different growth stages due to onetime application of distillery spent wash r o reject
Author(s): Adiveppa Mallappa Asangi, CA Srinivasamurthy and S Bhaskar
Abstract: Spentwash is the waste water generated from distilleries causing many environmental problems. It is a good source of plant nutrients as it is originated from sugarcane and it can be utilized in agriculture as nutrient source. In this regard an experiment was conducted during kharif 2013 to know the effect of this distillery spentwash R O reject application on different growth parameters and yield of maize (Zea mays L.) crop. The experiment consisted of seven treatments laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design with three replications. At 30, 60, 90 and 120 days after sowing (DAS) the different growth parameters like plant height (19.43, 145.2, 166.7 and 178.4, respectively), number of leaves per plant (5.1, 11.2, 13.4 and 12.9, respectively) and leaf area (183.3, 571.3, 661.9 and 766.9 cm2, respectively) and days to 50% flowering (53.3 days) were found to be higher in treatment receiving 150% N through distillery spentwash (DSW) R O reject. Significantly lower values of different growth parameters were recorded in treatment receiving RDF only. It is concluded that application of distillery spentwash (DSW) R O reject resulted in increased nutrient status of soil which intern increased higher growth parameters and yield of maize.
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Adiveppa Mallappa Asangi, CA Srinivasamurthy, S Bhaskar. Variation in growth parameters of maize (Zea mays L.) at different growth stages due to onetime application of distillery spent wash r o reject. Int J Chem Stud 2018;6(3):520-523.
