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Vol. 7 (2) : March-April 2016 issue
Green Farming Vol. 7 (2) : 322-326 ; March-April, 2016
Effect of sewage waters on quality of soil parameters with various forage crops under different nitrogen levels
B. SRINIVASa1*, M. SHANTIb2 and M. RAMESH NAIKc3
aCentral Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Santhoshnagar, Hyderabad - 500 059
bAICRP on Forage Crops, ARI, Rajendranagar, ANGRAU, Hyderabad - 500 030 (Andhra Pradesh)
cCrop Production Division, ICAR-Central Research Institute for Jute & Allied Fibers Barrackpore, Kolkata (W.B)
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1SRF *(bsrinu69@gmail.com), 2Scientist, 3Sr. Scientist
Subject : Agronomy and Crop Production
Paper No. : P-3633
Total Pages : 5
Received : 24 April 2015
Revised accepted : 24 February 2016
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B. SRINIVAS, M. SHANTI and M. RAMESH NAIK. 2016. Effect of sewage waters on quality of soil parameters with various forage crops under different nitrogen levels. Green Farming Vol. 7 (2) : 322-326 ; March-April, 2016

ABSTRACT
An experiment was laid out at Livestock Research Station, Rajendranagar and four different perennial fodder crops viz., bajranapier hybrid (APBN-1), guinea grass (CO-GG-3), para grass (local collection) and lucerne (CO-1) were grown. Sewage water of Budwel village was used for crop production. Five variable doses of recommended NPK i.e., 0 NPK, 25% of recommended NPK-N1, 50% recommended NPK-N2, 75% recommended NPK-N3 100% recommended NPK-N4 were imposed. The soil pH at the end of the first crop year ranged between 7.4 to 7.5 indicating neutral ranges as against 8.22 the initial value. It was observed that neither the crop factor nor the varied level of NPK levels effected the soil reaction. Trends observed in pH were also reflected in soil electrical conductivity. No significant variations were observed between the crops in this regard. The organic carbon content of soil increased slightly and invariably soils of all the crops when compared to initial status of 0.12 g kg-1 though insignificant. There was no significant effect of sewage irrigation on soil available nitrogen. However, a slight increase in the soil available nitrogen content was observed at the end of first crop year. There was an increase of about 8-11 kg despite crop removal above the initial status of 117.3 kg ha-1. The status of the soil available phosphorus in soil was influenced neither by the four fodder crops nor by the different levels of recommended NPK doses. The overall mean indicate that there is no change in K2O status of soil even after crop removal. The forages grown under Budwel sewage waters do not pose any immediate problem but eventually may lead to heavy metal accumulation up to toxic concentration in crops if irrigated for a few years.
Key words :
Forage crops, Heavy metals, IWW, Nitrogen levels, Sewage waters, Soil quality.