A Review on Soil Irrigation Effect of Sugar Mill Effluent on Seed Germination

DOI: 10.22161/ijeab/1.4.34

Abstract:
With the onset of rapid industrialization various environment related issues are there due to the degradation in quality of the various components of environment. Water pollution is one of them as most of the Indian rivers and fresh water streams are seriously polluted by industrial effluents which come along waste waters of different industries such as fertilizer, pulp and paper, textile, sugar mills, tanneries, distilleries, etc. The sugar industry, apart from being an important contributor to the economy of India, is also a major source of organic and inorganic wastes in water bodies. The sugar mill effluents are having high amount of suspended solids, dissolved solids, biochemical oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand, calcium, magnesium, chloride, nitrate and sulphate. Use of sugar mill effluents for agricultural purposes is a highly warranted utility of water pollutants proposition. The continuous use of such type of effluents harmfully affects the crops when used for irrigation. In the present study, the soil irrigation effect of effluents from sugar mills on seed germination are reviewed hereunder.

Keywords:
Industrial effluents, irrigation, seed germination, water pollution.

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