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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2020, Volume : 8, Issue : 3
First page : (518) Last page : (522)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.7917

Influence of Industrial Solid Waste Compost on Growth and Yield of Groundnut Crop

C. Malarvizhi*, P. Doraisamy and M. Maheshwari
Department of Environmental Sciences, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-641003
*Corresponding Author E-mail: malar.238@gmail.com
Received: 9.01.2020  |  Revised: 16.02.2020   |  Accepted: 24.02.2020 

 ABSTRACT

One of the important environmental problems faced at national and global level is the management of industrial wastes. The eco friendly disposal of industrial wastes is a great task for the industries. Utilization of solid waste in more beneficial way has gained importance as it contains essential nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium besides the micronutrients. Field experiment with groundnut as test crop was conducted in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with five treatments comprising the various doses of composted industry solid waste along with different levels of inorganic fertilizers. The treatments were fixed on the basis of nitrogen content of compost and nitrogen requirement of groundnut crop. Recommended dose of N, P and K supplied through 100 per cent inorganic fertilizers was included as a control to compare the effectiveness of industry solid waste compost. The significant increase in the kernel yield and dry matter production were recorded in the treatment with 863 kg ha-1  of compost and the increase were to the tune of 30 and 25 per cent, respectively over the control. Further, the analyses of kernel quality parameters revealed that this treatment significantly improved the protein and oil content (28.3 and 49.1 per cent, respectively). It is concluded from the field experiments that the solid wastes of industries can be suitably to produce value added manure which can be effectively recycled in agriculture.

Keywords: Industry solid waste compost, Recycle

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Cite this article: Malarvizhi, C., Doraisamy, P., & Maheshwari, M. (2020). Influence of Industrial Solid Waste Compost on Growth and Yield of Groundnut Crop, Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci. 8(3), 518-522. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.7917