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Physico-chemical analysis of municipal solid waste on germination and plantlet enhancement of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) seeds
Author : Nisha Gupta a, Manisha Agrawal *a and Dharm Pal b
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ABSTRACT
The current circumstances of urban solid waste administration in Indian urban communities are profoundly insufficient due to increase in the air, water and soil pollutions day by day. Present investigation proposes an idea about use of the Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in agriculture land as soil booster, and also to minimize the problem of pollution. The trials were completed by taking concentrates of the various percentage of MSW (5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30%) with distilled water taken as reference. The extract of MSW was prepared by mixing of MSW and distilled water in (w/v) proportion. Groundnut seeds (Arachis
hypogaea) were planted in pots as the Randomized Completely Block Design (RCBD) with 5–30% concentrates of MSW independently. The germination parameters were measured at 24, 48, and 72 and 96 h, simultaneously with the electrical conductance, pH, and salinity, percentage of moisture, temperature, micronutrients and macronutrients of MSW by the standard methods. The results showed that the macro-nutrients, germination percentage, RSG%, GI%, and RRG% found good agreement with high extract (30%) of MSW and the increased seedling growth of groundnut seeds. Hence, the MSW extracts can be used as improver of nutrients in soil as well as seedling growth booster of groundnut seeds.
KEYWORD
Germination, MSW, plant nutrient, micro-nutrients, seedling growth, germination index