IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/pkp/criasc/v8y2021i2p65-70id144.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Constructed Wetland Effluent Irrigation as a Potential Water and Nutrient Source for Vegetables

Author

Listed:
  • Okoye N. M

Abstract

A field study was conducted to evaluate the influence of constructed wetland effluent irrigation on the yield and productivity of Fluted Pumpkin (Telfairia occidentalis). The Telfairia occidentalis were planted in 12 beds (6 beds per treatment) measuring 1m wide, 3m long and 0.2m high. The plants were grown for 8 weeks before they were harvested. The experimental plots were irrigated with secondary treated effluent from an experimental constructed wetland treating slaughterhouse wastewater. The control treatment involved the irrigation with tap water. The results show that the effluent used in the study was rich in nutrients and organic content. The result also revealed that the mean biomass yield of 146.14g, mean leaf length of 10.10cm, mean height of 97.50cm, mean leaf width of 5.36cm and mean number of branches of 16.24 were significantly higher for the secondary treated slaughterhouse effluent irrigated plots compared to the values obtained for the control plots, indicating that effluent irrigation has a great potential to serve as not only a water source for vegetable cultivation, but also as a nutrient source for increased productivity.

Suggested Citation

  • Okoye N. M, 2021. "Constructed Wetland Effluent Irrigation as a Potential Water and Nutrient Source for Vegetables," Current Research in Agricultural Sciences, Conscientia Beam, vol. 8(2), pages 65-70.
    • Handle: RePEc:pkp:criasc:v:8:y:2021:i:2:p:65-70:id:144
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://archive.conscientiabeam.com/index.php/68/article/view/144/197
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://archive.conscientiabeam.com/index.php/68/article/view/144/2678
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:pkp:criasc:v:8:y:2021:i:2:p:65-70:id:144. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Dim Michael (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://archive.conscientiabeam.com/index.php/68/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.