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Enriched Compost Production Technique from Water Hyacinth

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Water Quality Management

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Water hyacinth is an aquatic weed known for causing a series of problems for aquatic life. If utilized properly, it can act as an extremely important alternative source of organic material for the production of nutrient-enriched organic manure by a composting technique. Water hyacinth has remarkable nutritive properties which can not only result in healthy aquatic system but help generation of enriched manure for application to the soil for sustainable productivity. In the present study, different enriched composts were produced from water hyacinth, viz. phospho - compost, phospho - compost with lime, phospho - nitro compost, phospho - sulpho - nitro compost, vermicompost and microbial - enriched compost. Among these composts, the highest percentage of N was found in phospho-nitro compost and phospho-compost. The highest percentage of P and K were noted in phospho-sulpho-nitro compost (P 0.89 and K 1.04%) and the lowest percentage of P and K recorded in control (P 0.56 and K 1.02%). The other compost characteristics were also determined and discussed.

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It is a great pleasure to express my sincere thanks to my research guide Dr. A. Subba Rao, the former Director of Indian Institute Of Soil Science IISS, Bhopal; Dr. M.C. Manna, HOD and Principal Scientist Dr. A.B. Singh, PS, IISS Bhopal for their advice, their helpful attitude, valuable scientific discussions during the course of this research work.

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  1. Biotechnology, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, 462042, Madhya Pradesh, India

    Arti Mathur

  2. S.A.T.I. Polytechnic College, Vidisha, 462001, Madhya Pradesh, India

    Sanjeev Kumar Mathur

  3. Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal, 462038, Madhya Pradesh, India

    A. B. Singh & A. Subba Rao

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Mathur, A., Mathur, S.K., Singh, A.B., Subba Rao, A. (2018). Enriched Compost Production Technique from Water Hyacinth. In: Singh, V., Yadav, S., Yadava, R. (eds) Water Quality Management. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 79. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5795-3_38

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