Author(s)

Ishrat Jahan Sanchary¹, Kazi Md. Jahangir Kabir¹, Shah Muhammad Imamul Huq^2,3*

¹Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Barishal, Barishal, Bangladesh.
²Department of Soil, Water and Environment, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
³Vice Chancellor, University of Barishal, Barishal, Bangladesh.

The effects of sugar mill mud application on the availability of nutrients for plant uptake were investigated. Mill mud generated from conventional sugar mill operations was applied in three different rates and a leafy vegetable, locally called “PuiShak” or Indian spinach (Basellarubra L.) was grown for 60 days as a test crop in a pot culture experiment. Crop yield and essential nutrients like N, P, K and Zn uptake concentration was determined to come up with an inference that higher doses of mill mud application impose better effect on root and shoot uptake of these elements. A little infraction was observed for nitrogen uptake by plants for the maximum dose.

Nutrient Supply, Soil-Plant System, Mill Mud

Sanchary, I. , Kabir, K. and Huq, S. (2019) Macro and Micro Nutrient Supply to Soil and Plants from Sugar Mill Mud. Agricultural Sciences, 10, 164-172. doi: 10.4236/as.2019.102014.