FERTIGATION OF SWEET SORGHUM (Sorghum bicolor L. MOENCH.) IN LABORATORY AND NURSERY ASSAYS WITH TREATED VINASSES OF HYDRATED ETHANOL OF UASB REACTOR

 

J.O. Mijangos-Cortes, M.E. Gonzalez-Muñoz, E.I. España-Gamboa, J.A. Domínguez Maldonado and L. Alzate-Gaviria

 

 

Vinasse is used in crop fertigation indiscriminately, however, this wastewater generates serious environmental damage as the reduction in crop yield or even its death in the short-term and acidification, decreased oxygenation, increased organic load, accumulation of phenols in soil in the medium and long term. The aim of this study was  the fertigation sweet sorghum ( Sorghum bicolor L. Moench ) in laboratory (bioassays germination) and growth in nursery treated with hydrated ethanol stillage from a UASB modified, in order to improve its chemical properties and use them to 50, 75% (diluted) and 100% of treated vinasse (TV50 , TV75 and TV100 respectively).The raw vinasse (RV) had the lowest percentage of germination in seeds of sweet sorghum in laboratory tests (14% in 8 days) compared to the control treatment where 94% of germinated seeds. Growth of seedlings in the nursery with RV treatment was lower than in other treatments and after 13 days the plants completely stopped growth and died.