Influence of Distillery Spentwash Irrigation on the Nutrients Uptake of Herbal Medicinal Plants in Normal and Spentwash Treated Soil
S. Chandraju1*, R. Nagendraswamy2, C. S. Chidankumar3 and Girijanagendra Swamy4
1Department of Studies in Sugar Technology, Sir M.Visweswaraya Postgraduate Center, University of Mysore,Tubinakere, Mandya - 571 402 India.
2Department of Chemistry, Govt. First College, Hanagodu, Mysore Dt., Karnataka India.
3Department of Chemistry, Bharathi College, Bharathi Nagar - 571 422 India.
4Department of Chemistry, Maharani's Science College, Mysore - 570 005 India.
Abstract:
Cultivation of some herbal medicinal plants was made by irrigation with distillery spentwash of different proportions. The spentwash i.e., primary treated spentwash (PTSW) and 33% spentwash were analyzed for their plant nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium and other physical and chemical parameters. Experimental soils i.e, normal soil (plot-1) and spentwash treated (plot-2) soils were tested for their chemical and physical parameters. herbal medicinal plants, namely, Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum), Kama kasturi (Ocimum basilicum) and Thumbe (Leucas asper) seeds (Namadhari and Mayhco) were sowed in the prepared land and irrigated with raw water (RW) and 33% spent wash. Influence of spentwash in normal and spentwash treated soils on proximate principles (moisture, protein, fat, fiber, carbohydrate, energy, calcium, phosphorous, and iron), Vitamin content (carotene and vitaminc), minerals and trace elements (magnesium, sodium, potassium, copper, manganese, zinc, chromium and nickel) were investigated at their respective maturity. It was found that the nutrients of all plants were high in 33% than raw water irrigation. Further, the nutritive values were very high in spentwash treated soil (plot-2) than normal soil (plot-1) and raw water irrigations for all plants.
Keywords:Distillery spentwash, Medicinal plants, Nutrients, Proximate principles, Normal soil, Spentwash Treated soil
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