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CONSIDERATION OF TOBACCO DUST AS ORGANIC AMENDMENT FOR SOIL; A SOIL & WASTE MANAGEMENT APPROACH.


Sarah Shakeel
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Abstract

Soil is non-renewable reserve that has high frequency of contamination and very low rate of
replenishment in this environment. Immense food requirements have evolved the compelled usage of
chemical fertilizers to have optimum crop leaf area in minimum time scale that have devastating
impacts on biological, physical and chemical properties of the soil. Organic farming is an ultimate
solution for the soil management. Tobacco dust an agro-industrial waste can be applied to the soil
to recycle those nutrients that plant has taken up. Tobacco dust rich in nitrogen (N) (2.35%),
potassium (K) (1.95%) and phosphorous (P) (937 ug/g) provide essential nutrients to the soil and
plant. It has abundant quantity of organic content that exceeds the micro & macro-organism
movement in soil that increase the porosity of soil, increase the infiltration of the oxygen. The
tobacco dust increases the pH of the soil, maintain the electrical conductivity (EC) that does not
leads to the salinity of the soil. Increase the nitrogen (N) content to various vegetable, house-plants
and wheat straws. Increases the biomass content and average survival rate of the tomatoes. It’s a
good insecticide; prevent the insects and other viruses such as Tobacco mosaic virus that are
detrimental for the crops. Furthermore it’s an eco-friendly management strategy for soil,
environment and for human health that does not generates pollution but reduce the organic waste
into very useful manner.
Key words: Organic Farming, Soil Management, Soil Nutrients, Sustainable Agriculture, Tobacco
Dust, Agro-Industiral Waste.


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