Terra Preta: Organic Manure from Septage for Improving Crop Productivity

Ravikiran Shet; Nand Nitin Kamat; Shree Sharan; Srikanth Mutnuri

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Terra Preta: Organic Manure from Septage for Improving Crop Productivity

Ravikiran Shet, Nand Nitin Kamat, Shree Sharan, Srikanth Mutnuri

Published in Science Frontiers (Volume 3, Issue 2)

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Abstract

The lost nutrient rich top soil from the surface of the earth can be replenished by the use of organic fertilizers. Terra Preta (TP) is high quality organic fertilizer with potential to replace chemical fertilizers (CF). This organic fertilizer competes with CF in providing adequate nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium (NPK) to soil as well as crops. The present study focuses on production of TP using septage sludge, which was tested on two different agricultural crops at field scale. Field experiments were conducted at Santa Cruz, Goa, India, in two different crops namely Capsicum frutescens (chili) and Oryza sativa (paddy) at one acre capacity. In this, standard CF was treated with TP on yield and other plant growth parameters. Different ratios of CF with TP (TP, TP+50% CF, TP+75% CF, TP+100% CF), recommended dose of CF and farmer’s practice were studied. The results of the study suggested that the use of TP increased yield by 15% and 16% for C. frutescens and O. sativa respectively when compared to control. The increase in other parameters such as plant height and leaf length was also significant with TP as 15% and 10% respectively. However for O. sativa, the plant height was found to be 10.7% higher than 23% more biological yield.

Published in	Science Frontiers (Volume 3, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.sf.20220302.14
Page(s)	88-95
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Organic Fertilizers, Terra Preta (TP), Vermi-Composting, Septage and Nutrient Recovery

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Ravikiran Shet

Water Sanitation and Hygiene Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus, Goa, India
Nand Nitin Kamat

BacTreat Environmental Solutions LLP, BITS BIRAC BIONEST, BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus, Goa, India
Shree Sharan

BacTreat Environmental Solutions LLP, BITS BIRAC BIONEST, BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus, Goa, India
Srikanth Mutnuri

Water Sanitation and Hygiene Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus, Goa, India

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