Evaluation of Calotropisproceraasa biomonitor of soil pollution in Mysore and Periyapatna.

Prakruthi, T. R. and Raju, N. S. (2017) Evaluation of Calotropisproceraasa biomonitor of soil pollution in Mysore and Periyapatna. International Journal of Applied Environmental Sciences, 12 (4). pp. 643-660. ISSN 0973-6077

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Abstract

The increase in population in the few last decadeshas caused uncontrolled and unplanned industrialization and urbanization. The main source of pollutants in the environment isfrom traffic and industrial establishments. In the present study soil pollution has beenassessed using the plantCalotropisprocera.The concentration of nutrients (Ca, Mg, Na, K, P,S, Tot N and Org C) and heavy metals(B,Ni, Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Pb and Cd) were analyzed in the leaves of C. proceraand soil collected from Mysore and Periyapatna roadsides of traffic area as perfollowing the APHA 2012 standards. InC. procera ofboth the areas Iron is most dominant followed by Manganese and Zinc. Higher concentration of some physico chemical parameters were observed in Pre-monsoon followed by Post-monsoonand in Monsoon seasons. The results showed that C. proceracan be used as a bio-monitor of soil pollution

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Heavy metals, Calotropisprocera, biomonitoring, biomonitor and soil pollution
Subjects:	B Life Science > Environmental Science
Divisions:	Department of > Environmental Science
Depositing User:	C Swapna Library Assistant
Date Deposited:	19 Jun 2019 06:09
Last Modified:	19 Jun 2019 06:09
URI:	http://eprints.uni-mysore.ac.in/id/eprint/3396

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