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ANALYSIS OF MINES AND CONTAMINATED AGRICULTURAL SOIL SAMPLES FOR FUNGAL DIVERSITY AND TOLERANCE TO HEAVY METALS

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dc.contributor.author Shazia Iram
dc.contributor.author Iftikhar Ahmad
dc.contributor.author Doris Stuben
dc.date.accessioned 2023-03-06T07:03:43Z
dc.date.available 2023-03-06T07:03:43Z
dc.date.issued 2009-04-20
dc.identifier.citation Iram, S., Ahmad, I., & Stuben, D. O. R. I. S. (2009). Analysis of mines and contaminated agricultural soil samples for fungal diversity and tolerance to heavy metals. Pak. J. Bot, 41(2), 885-895. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0556-3321
dc.identifier.uri http://142.54.178.187:9060/xmlui/handle/123456789/17524
dc.description.abstract In the present investigation soil samples were collected from peri-urban agricultural soils irrigated by industrial and sewerage waste of Hudiara drain, Lahore, Pakistan and mine waste of Wiesloch, Germany for the analysis of fungal diversity and tolerance to heavy metals. Heavy metals analysis was done by X-ray florescence and ICP-MS. X-ray florescence showed that Zn, As and Pb concentration was higher in waste mine soil sample of Wiesloch, Germany. ICP-MS appeared to be more sensitive and showed that Fe, Mn, Cu, As, Sr, Mo, Cd, Sb, Ti, Zn and Pb were present in higher concentration in waste mine of Germany. Soils of peri-urban areas of Pakistan had lower concentration of heavy metals as compared to waste mine of Wiesloch, Germany. Diversity and frequency of fungi was analyzed using soil dilution method. Overall frequency percentage and diversity was higher in Pakistan soil than soil of Wiesloch, Germany. Different fungi viz., Acremonium sp., Alternaria sp., Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus sp., Aspergillus nodulans, Aureobasidium sp., Chaetomium sp., Coniothyrium sp., Curvularia sp., Fusarium sp., Humicola sp., Monilia sp., Monocillium sp., Mortierella sp., were isolated. Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus nodulans were selected and checked for tolerance to toxic metals (CdCl2, CuSO4, NiCl2 and ZnCl2) at different concentrations (1, 5 en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, University of Karachi en_US
dc.title ANALYSIS OF MINES AND CONTAMINATED AGRICULTURAL SOIL SAMPLES FOR FUNGAL DIVERSITY AND TOLERANCE TO HEAVY METALS en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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