National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of thermochemical digestate fertilizer obtained from food waste after fortification with organic and inorganic sources of fertilizers on seedling vigour, germination percentage, collar girth, seedling weight, seedling height, and the number of leaves in coconut seedlings. Various treatment combinations with thermochemical digestate fertilizer (TCDF), farmyard manure, vermicompost, sand, and soil were conducted in farmers’ nurseries in Onattukara region, Kerala. The results of the experiment conducted showed the potting mixture containing two parts sand and one part TCDF was on par with a potting mixture containing soil, sand and TCDF in the ratio 1:1:1 and produced significantly higher number of leaves and a higher percent of seedlings with z score more than 22. The treatments that received TCDF were superior in terms of plant height and collar girth of the seedlings due to the increased nutrient uptake. The treatments with TCDF also recorded the highest number of thick roots. The potting mixture containing sand and vermicompost in the ratio 3:1 was comparable with sand and TCDF in the ratio 3:1. The higher performance and seedling vigour was obtained in treatments that contained TCDF due to sustained nutrient availability from both organic and inorganic nutrient fractions available in TCDF.
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