Utilization of Amul Dairy effluent for agriculture practices

ABSTRACT Pot experiments were conducted to evaluate the impact of Amul dairy effluent on certain physico-chemical properties of soil and on growth, and quality of Lady's finger (Abelomoschus esculentus) and Guar (Cymopsis tetragonoloba.). The effluent used in different concentration 20%, 40%, 60%, 80% and 100%. The pH of the waste water was near about neutral but it contained an enough amount of nitrogen, phosphate, chloride, calcium, carbonates, bicarbonates and suspended and dissolved solids when compared with fresh water. Soil receiving the waste water showed no significant changes in water soluble salts, electrical conductivity, cation exchange capacity, pH, total organic carbon etc. Moreover, waste water irrigation resulted in increased growth and nutrients of both the crops