Open AccessEffect of Treated Sewage Water Irrigation on Yield and Quality of Mulberry
Author(s) -
M. Arun Kumar,
S Chandrashekhar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of plant and soil science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2320-7035
DOI - 10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i1530508
Subject(s) - irrigation , sewage , randomized block design , sericulture , yield (engineering) , water quality , horticulture , agronomy , environmental science , zoology , mathematics , chemistry , biology , environmental engineering , ecology , biochemistry , materials science , gene , metallurgy , bombyx mori
Aim: Evaluation of raw and treated sewage water irrigation on yield and quality of V1 mulberry.
Study design: The Experiment was laid out in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with four replications and six treatments comprises of different proportions of raw sewage water, treated sewage water and borewell water.
Place and duration of study: The study was conducted during Rabi 2019 in pre-established irrigated V1 mulberry garden at Department of Sericulture, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Results: Data recorded on quality parameters of mulberry revealed that raw sewage water irrigation significantly increased the leaf nutrient content such as N (3.68%), P (0.4%), K(1.91%), S (0.34%), Zn (30.08 ppm), Mn (103.75 ppm), Fe (373.75 ppm) and also leaf yield (804.31 g/plant) is significantly increased in 100% raw sewage water irrigation, whereas higher leaf Ca (2.06%) and Mg (0.71%) content was recorded in 100% borewell water irrigated plot, and the lowest leaf N (2.82%), P (0.28%), K (1.33%), S (0.17%), Zn (18.03 ppm), Mn (75.75 ppm), and Fe (336.5 ppm) content was found lower in 100% borewell water irrigation.