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Effect of polluted soil combination with wheat husk on the aerial growth of cosmos bipinnatus plants in pot trials

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Namrata Jadaun, Sonali Pandey
ยป doi: 10.48047/AFJBS.6.12.2024.232-239

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Environment is badly affected by various types of pollution (Air, water, soil, noise, thermal and nuclear pollution) due to numerous anthropogenic activities.Plants are also affectedby these pollutions astheir morphological, physiological characteristics and metabolism got distressed.Cosmos bipinnatusis an annual herbaceous blooming plant belonging to the familyAsteraceae. It is mainly found in human-exploited areas such as roadsides, ditches and agricultural places. It possesses a variety of conventional herbal qualities that are utilised to treat a wide range of diseases such as jaundice, intermittent fever and splenomegaly and also has antioxidant activity.Cosmos bipinnatus plant is also affected by different types of pollution mainly by soil pollution Therefore, the present study was carried out to evaluate the effect of various types of treatments along with polluted soil on the morphology of Cosmos bipinnatus mainly on its shoot and root length.The results showed a substantial correlation between Cosmos bipinnatus plant shoot and root length at different soil combinations and concentrations (Polluted soil (1:1), unpolluted soil (1:1), polluted soil + Coarse soil (9:1, 8:2, 7:3, 6:4, 5:5), and polluted soil + wheat husk (9:1, 8:2, 7:3, 6:4, 5:5). It was obserbed that the length of root and shoot was increased with the reduction in polluted soil concentration with the increase in combination of wheat husk applied.

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