Influence of Sugar Mill Effluent
on Germination and Growth
of Fenugreek (Trigonella
foenumgraecum) and Mustard (Brassica
nigra)
A. Arivoli, Sathiamoorthi Thangavelu, and X. Agnello J. Naveen
Abstract The study is to understand the physico-chemical characteristics and
different applications of sugar mill effluent considered compared with (permissible
limits) standards given by the Tamilnadu pollution control board (TNSPCB) towards
treated effluent water for agricultural irrigation purpose from a point source. The
effluent was used in the application of seed germination and seedling growth on fenugreek (Trigonella foenumgraecum) and mustard (Brassica nigra) in five different
concentrations (10, 25, 50, 75, and 100%). The seeds of fenugreek and mustard
shows maximum germination of 95 and 80% growth in effluent irrigated soil. The
result shows water and the soil irrigated with 10% effluent were found most suitable for germination. The morphological parameters such as germination percentage,
shoot length, root length, fresh weight, and dry weight of seedlings and seed vigor
index were calculated. The seed germination and growth parameters increased in
lower (10%) concentration of sugar mill effluent and these morphological parameters gradually decreased with increasing effluent concentration. The less amount
(10%) concentration of sugar mill effluent may be used for irrigation purposes.
Keywords Phytoremediation · Vigor index · Trigonella foenumgraecum ·
Brassica nigra · Seed germination · Sugar mill effluent
1 Introduction
Sugar cane is a seasonal crop and widely grown in India, considering the production of the crop the economic value is high and there are 550 sugar mills with a
A. Arivoli (B)
Department of Environmental Science, Government Arts College, Ariyalur, India
e-mail: arivoli82@gmail.com
S. Thangavelu
Department of Microbiology, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, India
X. A. J. Naveen
Department of Environmental Science, Thanthai Roever Institute of Agriculture and Rural
Development (TRIARD), Perambalur, India
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M. Prashanthi et al. (eds.), Bioremediation and Green Technologies, Environmental
Science and Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64122-1_19
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on Germination and Growth
of Fenugreek (Trigonella
foenumgraecum) and Mustard (Brassica
nigra)
A. Arivoli, Sathiamoorthi Thangavelu, and X. Agnello J. Naveen
Abstract The study is to understand the physico-chemical characteristics and
different applications of sugar mill effluent considered compared with (permissible
limits) standards given by the Tamilnadu pollution control board (TNSPCB) towards
treated effluent water for agricultural irrigation purpose from a point source. The
effluent was used in the application of seed germination and seedling growth on fenugreek (Trigonella foenumgraecum) and mustard (Brassica nigra) in five different
concentrations (10, 25, 50, 75, and 100%). The seeds of fenugreek and mustard
shows maximum germination of 95 and 80% growth in effluent irrigated soil. The
result shows water and the soil irrigated with 10% effluent were found most suitable for germination. The morphological parameters such as germination percentage,
shoot length, root length, fresh weight, and dry weight of seedlings and seed vigor
index were calculated. The seed germination and growth parameters increased in
lower (10%) concentration of sugar mill effluent and these morphological parameters gradually decreased with increasing effluent concentration. The less amount
(10%) concentration of sugar mill effluent may be used for irrigation purposes.
Keywords Phytoremediation · Vigor index · Trigonella foenumgraecum ·
Brassica nigra · Seed germination · Sugar mill effluent
1 Introduction
Sugar cane is a seasonal crop and widely grown in India, considering the production of the crop the economic value is high and there are 550 sugar mills with a
A. Arivoli (B)
Department of Environmental Science, Government Arts College, Ariyalur, India
e-mail: arivoli82@gmail.com
S. Thangavelu
Department of Microbiology, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, India
X. A. J. Naveen
Department of Environmental Science, Thanthai Roever Institute of Agriculture and Rural
Development (TRIARD), Perambalur, India
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
M. Prashanthi et al. (eds.), Bioremediation and Green Technologies, Environmental
Science and Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64122-1_19
271