Effects of Cow Urine and Medicinal Plants as Seed Treatment on Germination Rate and Growth of Cluster bean (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba) and Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum)
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Cow Urine, Medicinal Plants, Cluster Bean, Fenugreek, Germination Growth.Abstract
The cow is considered a divine animal in the Hindu culture. Many useful products like Milk, Cow dung, urine of the cow is used for various purposes. In Vedas, (Ancient Hindu texts), Cow urine has been given a lot of importance. It isalso called as Amrita, The beverage of Immortality. Cow urine and extract of the leaves of medicinal plants have a very positive effect on overall growth of the plants and as a result, there is an increase in the height of the plant, stem girth, number of branches and number of plants leaf if subjected to their treatment. The plant chosen for this study were Cluster bean(Cyamopsis tetragonoloba)and Fenugreek( Trigonella foenum graecum).The plants were grown for 15 days using different concentration of mixture of cow urine and medicinal plants i.e control, 1: 9, 2:8, 3:7, 4:6, 5:5. Seeds of both the plants were soaked for different time period, i.e 12 hours,24 hours,36 hours, 48 hours, 60 hours. The result observed after the experiments were as follows 1:9 concentration solution and seeds soaked for 12 hours showed maximum growth as compared to others. Also 2:8 concentration solution and seeds soaked for 12 hours showed maximum growth in Fenugreek. This study concludes that mixture of cow urine and medicinal plants can be used as a plant growth enhancer and produces healthy seedlings.
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