• Ruchi Agarwal
• Vikas Jain
• Anuraag Mohan

Emphasis in our country in recent time is been laid on staple nutrition for masses in their diet. In lieu of chemical fertilizers used customarily, efforts to raise various crops employing effluent in different dilutions discharged by sugar mills in vicinal areas is an important boosting step for national economy. In the present study, analysis of effluent from exit point near Dhampur Sugar mill in Meerganj town district Bareilly (UP North India) was done for various (a) physical parameters - colour, odour, temperature, transparency, pH, electrical conductivity (b) chemical parameters- Total dissolved solids, total alkalinity, total hardness, sodium, potassium, nitrate, nitrite, calcium, phosphate, sulphate, total nitrogen, magnesium, ammonium -N and oil & grease, (c) demand parameters such as dissolved oxygen, COD, BOD and the (d) heavy metals - cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, nickel, zinc, iron, cobalt and manganese. Various dilutions (0%, 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100%) of the effluent were prepared and fed to raise a recent and much popular rice cultivar (HR -26). Assessment of nutrient profile for various biochemical metabolites in the said cultivar was done. Inhibiting effect was observed beyond 50% concentration of the effluent on crude protein, total nitrogen, albuminoid-N, total lipid content, total carbohydrates and total ash except for total free amino acids where irregular trend and an insignificant status was noticed. The outcomes of the experiment may lead to suggest the agriculturists to use equally diluted effluents of sugar mill as a substitute of fertilizer for healthy growth of plants, yielding nutritive rice grains

Sugar mill effluent, rice, biochemical metabolites, physico-chemical parameters

"Analytical metrics of effluent discharged from a North Indian sugar mill and its impact on rice cultivar (HR-26)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 1, page no.886-893, January-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2101327.pdf

"Analytical metrics of effluent discharged from a North Indian sugar mill and its impact on rice cultivar (HR-26)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 1, page no. pp886-893, January-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2101327.pdf