Globally, scarcity of contaminant free water usages is increasing gradually; it might be solved after generation of any sustainable technology to detoxify contaminated waters. An attempt was undertaken to detoxify textile effluent with fungal strains Trichoderma harzianum and Mucor hiemalis. Fungal detoxified effluent and its performance on three crops (wheat, mungbean, and mustard) seed germination in petri dishes and seedlings establishment of mustard in polythene bag were evaluated. Fungal strains significantly detoxified textile effluent by removal of 76% total solids, 91.35% COD, 77.34% absorbance against optical density, and increased 87.31% DO. Studied heavy metals were reduced significantly (P ≤ 0.05) in treated effluent by both fungal strains but superior performance was achieved by Mucor hiemalis. Maximum 92.5, 88.7, 83, and 100% removal of Mn, Zn, Cu, and Fe were monitored in fungal-treated effluent, respectively. Seeds germination and seedling growth by fungal treated effluents were similar and insignificant with the results achieved in tap water but which was significant over raw textile effluent. Eighty and above percent seed germination in petri dishes was recorded at 48 h by Mucor hiemalis-treated textile effluent but conversely at the same period it was below 10% in raw effluent. Significant achievement of seedling establishment was noticed in poly bag with fungal-treated effluent. The applied technique might be a prospective way to detoxify and recycle the industrial effluents for beneficial purpose in the future.
Assessment of growth regulator and NPK fertilization effects are important tools for flower stimulation and yield improvement in cucurbits. This investigation demonstrates the comparative male-female flower induction and fruit yield of small sized bitter gourd treated with NPK fertilizers and plant growth regulators. Namely, two experiments having three replicates were conducted in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with NPK fertilization and plant growth regulators-GA3, NAA and Ethophon application on small sized bitter gourd-genotype BG5 at the research field of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU). In experiment 1, different doses of NPK fertilizers comprised of 10 treatments and in that of experiment 2, different levels of plant growth regulators indicated 10 treatments. The results indicated that application of different doses of NPK fertilizer and plant growth regulators significantly (< or = 0.05) influenced over the flower initiation and fruit setting. The application of N90-P45-K60 fertilizer along with Ethophon spraying resulted in the better yield of small sized bitter gourd.
This study aimed to elucidate the effective colchicine concentration induced polyploidization distinction based on morphological and anatomical features in watermelon. Watermelon seeds were soaked in different colchicine concentrations (0.05, 0.1, 0.5%) for several durations (24, 48, 72h) to induce polyploidization. Putative polyploids were evaluated regarding the morphological and anatomical traits compared to the diploid one (control). Colchicine @ 0.5% for 72h revealed the lowest germination percentage with high mortality in putative polyploids compared to diploids. Morphological traits revealed in vigorous growth in putative tetraploids with slower germination speed whereas the putative octoploid exerted suppressed growth compared to tetraploids and diploids. Besides, in respect of the reproductive biology, the petal number (6), pollen size and viability were remarkably higher in induced polyploids that con rmed the successful tetraploid induction by 0.5% colchicine treatment in seed for 72h. Similarly, the bigger stomatal size with lower density was also noticed in induced tetraploids compared to the diploid one using the same treatment after anatomical analyses. Meanwhile, PCA and correlation matrix illustrated that among the 20 variables polyploid induction e ciency% (PIE), leaf length (LL), guard cells distance (GCD), pollen viability% (PV) were recognized as the most effective morphological and anatomical indicators for successful polyploid induction con rmation with colchicine in watermelon. The present ndings would be the basis for distinguishing colchicine induced polyploids as improved genetic resources to enhance the seedless triploid breeding in watermelon.
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