The effect of sugar mill effluent on seed germination of green gram (Vigna radiatia L.)

Abstract

Sugar industry is an agro-based industry in India which released lot of effluent into the environment during sugar production. The formers used this effluent in agriculture for scarcity of water. The effluent contained large amount of organic and inorganic materials which affects the water, soil and living organisms especially plants. The present study was the analysis of sugar mill effluent and different concentrations (10, 25, 50, 75 and 100%)  of sugar mill effluent effects on germination and growth development of green gram (Vigna radiata L.). As a result the lower concentration (10%) of sugar mill effluent promoted the germination and growth of the seedlings but higher concentrations of sugar mill effluent inhibited the germination and growth of the green gram seedlings. The lower concentration of effluent contained may be better nutrients of plant which used for irrigation purposed for high growth and yield.