Bioremediation Potential of Brassica juncea against Tannery Effluent
| dc.category | Journal Article | |
| dc.contributor.author | Poornima, V | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-07T19:40:15Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-03-07T19:40:15Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
| dc.department | Biochemistry | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Heavy metal contamination-caused by natural processes or by human activity is one_of the serious ;:;f^^otoxicological problems. Phytoremediation is an emerging plant based technology for the removal o f toxic contaminants from the soil and water. It is relatively invasive and provides a low-cost remedial option t suited loo many sites. The present study isJbcused to remediate heavy metal contamination from tannery ^ effluents using the plant Brassica juncea. The leather tanning effluent was found to have high pH indicating ~ alkalinity o f the sample^ilh a l ^ e .araoimt o f suspended solids dissolved salts ofisodium, potassium, ^ . chromium, zinc, cadmium and copper. Brassica Juncea was grovm as a control plant using pure water used in the tanning industry and also using three different dilutions of the tannery effluent (25 %, 50 % and 100 % concentrations o f the effluent). The biometric and biochemical observations of the plants were recorded on 30* and 60* days after sowing. Undiluted effluent did not favour the growth o f the plants and the few geiminated plants died soon. The plants treated with diluted effluents were found to have lower pigments, _ , protein, DNA and.RNA in the leaves as compared to the control plants. The 25 % concentration was found to be better for plants than 50% concentration of the effluent (Keywords: phytoremediation, Brassicajuncea, bioremediation). | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ir.avinuty.ac.in/handle/avu/1905 | |
| dc.lang | English | en_US |
| dc.publisher.name | Advances And Application In Research | en_US |
| dc.publisher.type | International | en_US |
| dc.title | Bioremediation Potential of Brassica juncea against Tannery Effluent | en_US |
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