TITLE:
Effect of Dilution of Treated Distillery Effluent (TDE) on Soil Properties and Yield of Sugarcane
AUTHORS:
Previna Sivaloganathan, Baskar Murugaiyan, Saravanan Appavou, Leninraja Dharmaraj
KEYWORDS:
TDE; Dilution; Sugarcane; Yield; Soil Properties
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Plant Sciences,
Vol.4 No.9,
August
29,
2013
ABSTRACT: Sugarcane is
one of the most important cash crops, which plays a pivotal role in
India’s agricultural and industrial economy. The treated
distillery effluent (TDE) being plant originated, contains all plant nutrients
and organic matter. Therefore, it is being used as a cheap source of nutrients
and organic manure in agriculture activities in soil besides improving soil
physical properties. The
experiment was conducted during August, 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 with CO 86032 in a randomized block design with
six treatments and was replicated four times. The TDE was discharged @ 1.00,
0.50, 0.33, 0.25 and 0.20 lakh liters·ha-1 to get the dilutions of 1:10,
1:20, 1:30, 1:40 and 1:50 dilutions respectively. It was applied four times at
40 days interval starting from 45th day after planting. The fertilizers viz., N and P @ 75 percent of the
recommended dose were applied and K was skipped. The results revealed that
irrigation with TDE at 1:10 dilution resulted in higher yield of sugarcane. The
TDE did not have any influence on quality parameters of sugarcane. The TDE
application favourably influenced the available nutrients and organic carbon
content in the soil. Besides, the present findings credibly proved that the TDE
application not only enhanced the soil fertility status but also substituted
for 25 percent of N and P and 100 percent of K fertilizers to sugarcane crop.