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EFFECT OF HEAVY METAL AND EDTA APPLICATION ON PLANT GROWTH AND PHYTO-EXTRACTION POTENTIAL OF SORGHUM (SORGHUM BICOLOR)

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dc.contributor.author BACAHA, NAFEES
dc.contributor.author SHAMAS, RABIA
dc.contributor.author BAKHT, JEHAN
dc.contributor.author RAFI, ABDUR
dc.contributor.author FARHATULLAH, FARHATULLAH
dc.contributor.author GILLANI, AFSHEENA
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-21T10:35:45Z
dc.date.available 2022-10-21T10:35:45Z
dc.date.issued 2015-10-10
dc.identifier.citation Bacaha, N., Shamas, R. A. B. I. A., Bakht, J. E. H. A. N., Rafi, A. B. D. U. R., & Farhatullah, G. A. (2015). Effect of heavy metal and EDTA application on plant growth and phyto-extraction potential of Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor). Pakistan journal of Botany, 47(5), 1679-1684. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2070-3368
dc.identifier.uri http://142.54.178.187:9060/xmlui/handle/123456789/13544
dc.description.abstract Pot experiment was conducted to evaluate the phyto-extraction capacity of heavy metals by Sorghum. Sorghum bicolor was grown in soil artificially contaminated with different concentrations of lead (300, 350 and 400 mg/kg), chromium (50,100 and 150 mg/kg) and cadmium (100, 150 and 200 mg/kg). Five mM EDTA was applied, as chelating agent to the plants after 4 weeks of sowing. Plants were grown for a total of two months and fresh weight and dry weight of shoot and heavy metal accumulation were analyzed at six and eight weeks after sowing. The results revealed that application of cadmium, chromium and lead and EDTA adversely affected shoot length, fresh weight and dry weight of S. bicolor at both time intervals. Heavy metals uptake increased with the increment of heavy metal by S. bicolor species. Application of 5mM EDTA enhanced the uptake of heavy metal. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, University of Karachi en_US
dc.subject Heavy metal en_US
dc.subject EDTA en_US
dc.subject Cd en_US
dc.subject Pb en_US
dc.subject Cr en_US
dc.subject Phyto-extraction en_US
dc.subject Sorghum biocolor en_US
dc.title EFFECT OF HEAVY METAL AND EDTA APPLICATION ON PLANT GROWTH AND PHYTO-EXTRACTION POTENTIAL OF SORGHUM (SORGHUM BICOLOR) en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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