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 |
The major problem in peri urban areas is the poor quality of irrigation water since the waste from all sources is disposed in the rivers and other water bodies. This result in accumulation of heavy metals like Zinc Sulphate (ZnSO4), Cadmium Sulphate (CdSO4) and Copper Sulphate (CuSO4) in the water source has adverse effect on seed germination, Plant growth, and human health. With above reference an experiment was conducted to study the effect of different concentration (0, 10, 20, and 30 ppm) of Zinc Sulphate (ZnSO4), Cadmium Sulphate (CdSO4) and Copper Sulphate (CuSO4) in spinach (Cv. Pusa All green). The seed were soaked in each concentration of chemical for 72 hours. Data was collected on seedling germination percentage, seedling length, seedling fresh weight, seedling dry weight of Spinach. Results showed that seedling germination percentage, seedling length, seedling fresh weight, seedling dry weight is decreased in different concentration Zinc Sulphate (ZnSO4), Cadmium Sulphate (CdSO4) and Copper Sulphate (CuSO4) as compared to the control. Therefore, it can be inferred from the study that salt affected irrigation water has negative effect on germination percentage, seedling length, seedling fresh weight, seedling dry weight which may otherwise influences the yield and farm level profitability of vegetable production.
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