Influence of coal ash on physio-morphological and biochemical parameters of Capsicum (Capsicum annumvar.grossumL.)

Effect of Fly Ash Amended Growing Media on Germination, Growth and Graft Success of Cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.)

“…The study revealed that the fly ash in low concentration could be beneficial in improving plant growth and early seedling vigour of rice plants, while adverse effects was observed at higher levels. The present findings are in agreement with the previous works that fly ash considerably increases the seedling vigour of a number of crops like pomegranate (Swain et al, 2013), rice, amaranthus, okra, seasamum (Sarangi et al, 1997) and soybean (Mishra and Shukla, 1986).…”

“…Rizvi and Khan (2009) reported higher growth of eggplant at 20% level of fly ash amendment. The beneficial effect of fly ash at lower dose (10-30%) have already been observed by Swain et al, (2013) in pomegranate, Swain et al, (2012) and Sethi (1996) in guava and Kuchanwar and Matte (1997) in groundnut. In the present investigation, the growth parameters of cashew graft were significantly varied by the influence of different proportion of fly ash and garden soil mixture.…”

“…The micronutrients have catalytic role in activating enzymes required for protein synthesis. Stimulation in graft growth at 30% level of fly ash amendment to the garden soil clearly indicates that certain essential macro and micro elements present in the fly ash and garden soil mixture would have readily available to the plant (Petruzzelli et al, 1987 andSwain et al, 2013).…”

“…This might be due to the rich nutritional status and better physical conditions of this mixture which contains organic matter and mineral substances facilitate better growth and survival. The increase in graft success was mainly attributed to increase in nutrient acquisition of plants grown under above combination (Swain et al, 2013)…”