Studies on the Impact of Distillery Spentwash Irrigation on the Yields of Tuber/Root Medicinal Plants in Normal and Spentwash Treated Soil

摘要

Cultivation of some tuber/root medicinal plants was made by irrigation with distillery spentwash ofuddifferent dilutions. The spentwash i e, primary treated spentwash (PTSW) and 33% spentwash wereudanalyzed for their plant nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium and other physical andudchemical parameters. Experimental soils i e normal soil (plot-1) and spentwash treated (plot-2) soils wereudtested for their chemical and physical parameters. The tuber/root medicinal plants, namely; Gingerud(Zingiber officinale), Radish (Raphanus sativus), Turmeric (Curcuma longa), Onion (Allium cepa) and Garlicud(Allium sativum) seeds/sets (Namadhari and Mayhco) were sowed in the prepared land and irrigated withudraw water (RW) and 33% spentwash. Influence of spentwash in normal and spentwash treated soils onudthe yields were investigated at their respective maturity. It was found that the yields of all plants wereudhigh in 33% than raw water irrigation. Further, the yields values were very high in spentwash treated soilud(plot-2) than normal soil (plot-1) and raw water irrigations