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IMPACT OF WASTEWATER ON THE YIELD OF A PULSE CROP

Abstract

A pot experiment was conducted to study the effect of wastewater on Lens culinaris cv. DLP-15 with two different concentrations of wastewater i.e. 50% WW and 100% WW with different doses of phosphorus (P0, P10, P20 and P40 kg ha‑1) and N @ 20 kg ha‑1 and K @ 30 k ha‑1 was also applied basally. Significant increase was obtained in plant fresh weight, plant dry weight, nodules number plant‑1, seed yield plant‑1 and biomass plant‑1 with wastewater in comparison with ground water (GW) owing to higher nutrient contents present in it. Among the phosphorus doses P20 proved good while between the two concentrations of wastewater 100% proved more effective. Therefore, the two can be recommended safely for the cultivation of this pulse crop.

Dilshada Tabassum, Saba Azad and Akhtar Inam

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