Effects of waste water irrigation on the growth and nutrient status of kalmi (Ipomoea aquatica Forssk.)

Abstract

A pot experiment was carried out to observe the effect of waste water irrigation on the growth and nutrient status of Kalmi (Ipomoea aquatica) in the nethouse of the Department of Soil, Water and Environment, University of Dhaka. The soil samples were collected from Tejgaon, Rampura, Sitalakhya and from the north?side of Rampura area, the latter is located at a distance from the polluted area and has been used as the control soil. The pots containing the first three soil samples were irrigated with wastewater collected from the adjacent industrial area and control pots were irrigated with tap water. The plants on Tejgaon soil produced the maximum biomass while the plants on Sitalakhya produced the least amount of biomass. The accumulation of toxic metal concentration was found to be the highest in Kalmi grown on Tejgaon followed by Rampura and Sitalakhya. The metal concentration in Kalmi (dry weight basis) ranged between 31 and 408 mg/kg for Zn, 27 to 45 mg/kg for Cu, 0.2 to 5.0 mg/kg for Pb and 0 to 2 mg/kg for Cd, respectively. The concentrations of heavy metals in the Kalmi were higher than the recommended standards in all the treatments except control.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/dujbs.v23i1.19820Dhaka Univ. J. Biol. Sci. 23(1): 1?8, 2014

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“…A vegetable (Kalmi: Ipomoea aquatic ) was grown in that soil and adjacent Sitalakhya river water was used as irrigation water (Pot experiment). After harvest (growing time: 35 days), the concentration of Zn, Cu, Pb and Cd were 113.16, 36.69, 14.07 and 0.08 mg/kg [ 200 ]. Soils contain higher concentrations of metals due to sediment deposition and irrigation with contaminated river water [ 201 , 202 ].…”

“…After harvest (growing time: 35 days), the concentration of Zn, Cu, Pb and Cd were 113.16, 36.69, 14.07 and 0.08 mg/kg [ 200 ]. Soils contain higher concentrations of metals due to sediment deposition and irrigation with contaminated river water [ 201 , 202 ]. Several researchers analyzed soil from area adjacent to river and compared with uncontaminated soil and found that these soils contain higher concentrations of heavy metals [ 12 , 182 ].…”

“…In Turag, Buriganga, Sitalakhya and Meghna River, the bioaccumulation orders are Cd<Pb<Cr, Cd<Pb<Cr, Cd<Cr<Pb and Cr<Pb<Cd respectively. Sarah et al., 2019 found that the order of accumulation of metals in fish liver was Fe > As > Cd > Zn > Pb and in kidney Zn > Fe > As > Cd > Pb [ 206 ]. We have taken the available data through random selection (always targeted to take data of water, sediment and fish from similar research year but sometime it was difficult due to lake of research data).…”