Abstract
Effect of textile mill effluent on growth of Vigna unguiculata and Pisum sativum seedlings
Highlights
Environmental pollution constitutes a great health hazard to human, animals and plants with local, regional and global implications (Irshad et al, 1997)
The pH of the effluent sample was 6.74, i.e. slightly acidic in nature. In this effluent electric conductivity (EC), TDS, Total Hardness, Chloride and Sodium content was higher than the permissible limit and the Calcium, Magnesium, Potassium and Sulphate content was less than the permissible limit
It can be attributed to the relatively high salinity of the effluent, which is affected to the growth of the plant species
Summary
Environmental pollution constitutes a great health hazard to human, animals and plants with local, regional and global implications (Irshad et al, 1997). Effluents from industries are normally considered as the main industrial pollutants containing organic and inorganic compounds, acid, alkalis, suspended solids (Behera & Misra, 1982) and other wide variety of mineral elements including heavy metals such as Hg, Cu, As, Fe, Cr, Pb, Zn and Cd (Varma et al, 1976; Clark, 1995). Some of those elements are essential for plant growth and metabolism but a few of such elements, such as Fe, Zn, Cu and Al depress growth at high concentrations (Wong and Bradshaw, 1982; Berti and Jacobs, 1996).
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