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Heavy metal uptake and its effect on macronutrients, chlorophyll, protein, and peroxidase activity of Paspalum distichum grown on sludge-dosed soils

Heavy metal uptake and its effect on P. distichum

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This study assessed the heavy metal (Cr, Mn, Ni, Cu, Zn, and Pb) uptake and its effect on biochemical parameters in Paspalum distichum, a wetland plant. Sludge collected from Bhalswa waste dump, New Delhi, was used as heavy metal source and dosed in different proportions viz. 20%, 40%, 60%, and 80% to the garden soil. The plants accumulated metals mostly in belowground organs. The metal accumulation followed the order: Cr>Mn>Cu>Zn>Ni>Pb. The range of heavy metal concentration in tissue of belowground organs after 180 days of growth was 1,778.65–4,288.01 ppm Cr, 828.11–1,360 ppm Mn, 236.52–330.07 ppm Ni, 155.79–282.35 ppm Cu, 27.05–91.16 ppm Zn, and 27.09–50.87 ppm Pb. The biochemical parameters viz. chlorophyll and protein contents and peroxidase (POD) activity exhibited no considerable adverse effect indicating the plants’ tolerance towards heavy metals. The high POD activity and synthesis of new protein bands at high sludge-dosed plants were also in support of this fact.

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  1. Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Institute of Science and Technology for Advanced Studies and Research, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand, 388120, Gujarat, India

    Tanushree Bhattacharya

  2. Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, N.V. Patel College of Pure and Applied Sciences, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand, 388120, Gujarat, India

    S. Chakraborty

  3. School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 307 Ayaachi apartments, plot GH1, Sector 45, Gurgaon, India

    D. K. Banerjee

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Bhattacharya, T., Chakraborty, S. & Banerjee, D.K. Heavy metal uptake and its effect on macronutrients, chlorophyll, protein, and peroxidase activity of Paspalum distichum grown on sludge-dosed soils. Environ Monit Assess 169, 15–26 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-009-1146-8

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