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Influence of fermented tannery solid waste on morphological, biochemical, yield and nutritional responses of tomato plants

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The non-tanned proteinaceous tannery solid waste animal fleshing (ANFL), containing high nutritive value, was hydrolyzed using bacteria Selenomonas ruminantium HM000123 through submerged (SmF) and solid-state (SSF) fermentation processes. In addition, the effects of ANFL fermentative hydrolysate on growth, yield and biochemical properties of tomato plants were investigated. The treatments included T1 (SmF-ANFL), T2 (SSF-ANFL), T3 (recommended dose of NPK fertilizers) and a control without any amendment. Hydrolysates of both SmF-ANFL and SSF-ANFL treatments increased the biomass and yield as evidenced by plant height, stem girth, number of leaves and fruit yield when compared with both NPK and control plants. In this 90-day study, significant (p ≤ 0.05) changes were observed in SSF-ANFL treated plants compared to the other treatments. Protein profile analyzed through SDS-PAGE indicates the expression of a high molecular weight protein (205 kDa) and other proteins in the leaves of the SSF-ANFL treated plants. Overall results revealed that SSF-ANFL can be successfully utilized as a fertilizer particularly for cultivating tomato plants.

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Dr. B. Ravindran is thankful to both the institutions for carrying out and successfully submitting the work.

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  1. Sino-Forest Applied Research Centre for Pearl River Delta Environment and Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, SAR, People’s Republic of China

    B. Ravindran, J. W. C. Wong, A. Selvam & K. Murugesan

  2. Environmental Technology Division, Central Leather Research Institute, Adyar, Chennai, 600-020, India

    B. Ravindran, D. Mohanapriya & G. Sekaran

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Ravindran, B., Wong, J.W.C., Selvam, A. et al. Influence of fermented tannery solid waste on morphological, biochemical, yield and nutritional responses of tomato plants. Environ Sci Pollut Res 22, 4327–4335 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-014-3629-6

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