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VOL. 6, ISSUE 5 (2021)
Effect of organic and inorganic fertilizer on the growth, yield and quality of Raphanus sativus L. (Radish)
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Tamilselvi Duraisamy, Susila Sugumar, Selvakumar Muniraj, Vasanthy Muthunarayanan
Abstract
The process of composting and vermicomposting is highly preferred for the management of solid wastes of different origin, namely industrial sludge, vegetable waste, food waste, fruit waste etc., This work was proposed to manage the industrial sludge namely distillery sludge, vegetable waste by subjecting them for composting and vermicomposting. However, preference exists for the usage of chemical fertilizers due to their higher efficiency. Hence this study includes such Chemical fertilizer too. Compost and Vermicompost were applied to small replicated field plots planted with Raphanus sativus L. (Radish) and the optimized doses of compost prepared from industrial namely, distillery sludge (DSC), vermicompost prepared from distillery sludge (DSV) and vermicompost prepared from vegetable waste (VV) (100g/sq.ft) and chemical fertilizer (CF) (10g/ sq.ft) were added and the plants grown without fertilizers were considered as a control (WOF). The results showed significant increases in whole plant fresh and dry weights, number of leaf and also the fruit yields was higher from the plots treated with DSV when compared with others. The maximum fresh weight of whole plant and root was 182.33g, 87.39g with DSV and a minimum 153.32g, 43.13g was found with WOF respectively. Treatment DSV produced the maximum dry weight of whole plant and root in 60g, 10g and the minimum 18g, 8g was found in WOF. Mineral status also increased from plot treated with DSV than with the others. Such plant growth and increased fruit yields could be partially due to large increase in soil microbial biomass after vermicompost applications, leading to production of hormones or humates in the vermicompost acting as plant-growth regulators independent of nutrient supply.
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Pages:416-420
How to cite this article:
Tamilselvi Duraisamy, Susila Sugumar, Selvakumar Muniraj, Vasanthy Muthunarayanan "Effect of organic and inorganic fertilizer on the growth, yield and quality of <em>Raphanus sativus </em>L<em>. </em>(Radish) ". International Journal of Botany Studies, Vol 6, Issue 5, 2021, Pages 416-420
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