Effect of textile effluent on the growth and pigment content of Tagetes erecta L. (var. Pusa basanti)

Akrity Parihar; Dr. Piyush Malaviya

Volume : V, Issue : V, May - 2015

Effect of textile effluent on the growth and pigment content of Tagetes erecta L. (var. Pusa basanti)

Akrity Parihar, Dr. Piyush Malaviya

Abstract :

The effects of different concentrations of sawdust treated or untreated textile effluent on plant growth  and pigment content of Tagetes erecta (var. Pusa basanti) were evaluated in a pot experiment. The seedlings of Tagetes were sown in soil–filled pots and irrigated with four different concentrations (25%, 50%, 75% and 100%  v/v) of sawdust treated or untreated textile effluent. The data for various attributes were collected 60 days after sowing. It was observed that high concentrations of effluent decreased the growth while the low concentration (25%) of  sawdust treated textile effluent was effective in increasing the growth of Tagetes erecta when compared with control.  The increase in growth was associated with increased photosynthetic pigments, carotenoids, anthocyanins. The better  growth of plants irrigated with (25%) of sawdust treated textile effluent suggested that effluent could be used for irrigation in nutrients deprived environments but only after proper dilution. 