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    Abstract - Issue Nov 2012, 33 (6)                                     Back


nstantaneous and historical temperature effects on a-pinene

Impact of dyeing industry effluent on germination and growth of
pea (Pisum sativum)

Author Details

 

Piyush Malaviya

(Corresponding author)

Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Jammu, Jammu-180 006, India

e-mail :? piyushmalaviya@rediffmail.com

Rajesh Hali

Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Jammu, Jammu-180 006, India

Neeru Sharma

Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Jammu, Jammu-180 006, India

 

 

Publication Data

Paper received:

08 July 2011

 

Revised received:

17 November 2011

 

Accepted:

22 December 2011

 

Abstract

Dye industry effluent was analyzed for physico-chemical characteristics and its impact on germination and growth behaviour of Pea (Pisum sativum). The 100% effluent showed high pH (10.3) and TDS (1088 mg l-1). The germination parameters included percent germination, delay index, speed of germination, peak value and germination period while growth parameters comprised of root and shoot length, root and shoot weight, root-shoot ratio and number of stipules. The study showed the maximum values of positive germination parameters viz. speed of germination (7.85), peak value (3.28), germination index (123.87) and all growth parameters at 20% effluent concentration while the values of negative germination parameters viz. delay index (-0.14) and percent inhibition (-8.34) were found to be minimum at 20% effluent concentration. The study demonstrated that at lower concentrations the dyeing industry effluent caused a positive impact on germination and growth of Pisum sativum.

 

Key words

Dye industry, Effluent, Germination,? Pisum sativum

 

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