Abstract

STUDY OF EFFECT OF DAIRY EFFLUENT ON SEED GERMINATION, GROWTH AND BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETER OF FENUGREEK (TRIGONELLA FOENUM-GRAECUM)

*Chonde Sachin G. and Chonde Sonal G.

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Abstract

Effluent generated by various processes in factories is directly discharged without any end point treatment into drains and used for irrigation purposes. The present study was carried out to assess the effects of dairy industry effluent on seed germination and seedling growth of fenugreek plant. The effect of different concentration of treated dairy effluent on physico-chemical properties of soil, seed germination, seedlings growth dry matter production and biochemical parameters like protein and chlorophyll content of fenugreek was studied. The effluent used in different concentration 20 %, 40 %, 60 %, 80 %, 100 %. The physico – chemical properties of treated dairy effluent was also analyzed. From present study it was concluded that treated dairy effluent has favorable effect on soil properties and the higher concentration of treated dairy effluent show favorable effect on growth of Fenugreek plant the all concentration show more favorable for growth of Fenugreek plant.

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