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Pressmud also known as filter cake or filter mud produced as a by product by sugar mills has been used as a fertilizers and ameliorant in sodic and saline sodic soils. In the present study, different concentrations of sulphitation pressmud with soil were taken i.e., 20%, 40%, 60% and 80%. Equal number of seeds were sown in each pot and irrigated daily. Effect of different concentrations of pressmud was observed on the physiology of Cicer arietinum after 21 days of sowing. The percentage of seed germination, vigour index, root length, shoot length, root:shoot ratio, chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, total chlorophyll, ascorbic acid, fresh biomass and dry biomass were found to be maximum in 20% concentrations of pressmud as compared to control, though high concentration of pressmud result in reduction of growth.

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Pressmud Cicer arietinum filter cake biomass

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Madan, S., Sharma, S., & Saxena, C. (2011). Effect of pressmud incorporation on physiology of Cicer arietinum. Environment Conservation Journal, 12(3), 143–148. https://doi.org/10.36953/ECJ.2011.120326
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