Journal of Environmental Biology

Morphological response of  Cicer arietinum exposed to

paper mill effluent

Sangeeta Madan* and Pertibha

Department of Environmental Science, Kanya Gurukul Mahavidyalaya, Haridwar-249 404, India

*Corresponding Author email : n.madan79@yahoo.com

Publication Data

Paper received:

29 October 2011

Revised received:

21 May 2012

Accepted:

26 July 2012

Abstract

The present study was conducted to assess the effect of different concentrations (control, 25, 50, 75 and 100%) of paper mill effluent on some morphological characters of Cicer arietinum. Result showed maximum growth promotion i.e., root length (3.8 cm), shoot length (10.0 cm) and increase in chlorophyll content (1.004 mg gm^-1) at 50% effluent concentration after 21 days. However, at higher effluent concentration growth parameters started decreasing. The study suggests that the effluent can be used safely for Cicer arietinum cultivation only after proper dilution up to a certain extent.

Key words

Paper mill effluent, Cicer arietinum., Soil, Morphological parameters

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