Impact of tannery effluent on germination, seedling growth and pigment content of Brassica napus L.

Smiley Sharma; Piyush Malaviya

Volume : V, Issue : VII, July - 2016

Impact of tannery effluent on germination, seedling growth and pigment content of Brassica napus L.

Smiley Sharma, Piyush Malaviya

Abstract :

The present study assessed the impact of different concentrations of tannery effluent on seed germination, growth and pigment content of Brassica napus L. var. Punjabi Special. Germination and growth parameters exhibited concentration dependent reduction with minimum germination (5%), root length (0.4 cm), shoot length (1.5 cm) and moisture content (79.60%) at 100% tannery effluent concentration. Likewise, total chlorophyll and carotenoids have also exhibited minimum values at 100% tannery effluent concentration.