- Selcuk Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences
- Vol: 19 Issue: 37
- Effect of Composted Saline Municipal Solid Waste on The Initial Growth of Corn Plant
Effect of Composted Saline Municipal Solid Waste on The Initial Growth of Corn Plant
Authors : Cevdet Şeker, Ilknur Gümüş Ersoy
Pages : 118-124
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Publication Date : 2005-12-25
Article Type : Research Article
Abstract :This investigation was carried out under the laboratory conditions and designed as randomly plots with three replications. Effect of saline municipal solid waste compost (MSW) on emergence of seedling and the initial growth of corn plant (Zea mays L.) was determined. A 100 g of the mixtures of a clay loam textured soil and MSW, in proportion of 0, 1, 2, 4, 8 and 16 % (w/w) as oven dry basin, was filled in polyethylene pots of 10x5 cm large. After, ten seeds of corn (LG-60) were sawn into 2 cm depth of pots, control and soil- MSW mixtures were watered with distilled water at about field capacity water content by weight. Seedling emergence and growth properties of the corn plant as length and diameter of the stem; root length; aerial and radicu-lar fresh-dry biomasses; water content of aerial and radicular parts, were used to determine the effect of MSW on initial growth of the corn plant. After corn plant harvesting were determined pH and electrical conductivity (EC) values of the control sample and soil- MSW mixtures. The adding of MSW to a clay loam soil was significantly affected to stem length, root length, water content of the root and soil- MSW mixture EC. The highest stem length, root length, total fresh weight, fresh weight of aerial and radicular parts, total water content, water contents of aerial and radicular parts, pH and EC values of the mixtures were 67.13 mm, 284.7 mm, 1.309 g, 0.900 g, 0.414 g, 87.41 %, 91.6 %, 78.66 (w/w) 8.35 and 1.752 dS m-1 in the application rate of 8, 4, 8, 8, 4, 4, 4, 2, 16 and 16 % of MSW, respectively. The effects of treatments on the other parameters were not significant by statistically.Keywords : Mısır, çöp gübresi, bitki gelişimi, tuzluluk, Zea mays L.