Abstract

EFFECT OF TANNERY INDUSTRY EFFLUENT ON GERMINATION AND GROWTH OF TOMATO PLANT

*Mandakini. R. Magre and Y. K. Khillare

ABSTRACT

Importance of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum mill.) as a vegetable reflected by the large volume of research. Present study deals with the effect of tannery effluent at different dilutions as 0, 20, 40, 60 and 80%, on the seed germination and growth of vegetable plant. Pot experiments have been conducted to know the growth at different effluent concentrations and compared with normal water (Control) and showed that plant performance significantly reduce with increasing concentrations of effluent. Different effluent concentrations have been shown to accumulate relatively high concentrations of heavy metals in the experiments with the increase in effluent concentration all plant parameter decreased. Germination (%), plant height/growth (cm), root length (cm), shoot length (cm) survival percentage (%), early flowering, no. of fruits/plant, fruit weight (gm).

Keywords: Tannery effluents, Lycopersicon esculentum, seed germination, morphological parameters, heavy metals.