Department of Biological and Environmental Science, N. V. Patel College of Pure and Applied Sciences, Vallabh Vidyanagar – 388120, Gujarat, India
Online published on 19 June, 2020.
Present investigation was undertaken on screening Acalypha indica and Amaranthus viridis for their phytoremediation potential. For this purpose insitu study was carried out by selecting a site, contaminated with paint industry waste. The saplings of both species were grown over contaminated site and were allowed to grow for a period of two months followed by determination of heavy metals in root, shoot, leaves and flowers. A. indica accumulated 4665, 78.1, 85.85 and 90.92 mg/kg whereas A. viridis 4965, 126.88, 81.32 and 57.86 mg/kg Fe, Mn, Zn and Cu respectively in the leaves. The trend in Translocation factor obtained for A. indica was Mn> Fe > Cu > Zn and that for A. viridis was Mn> Cu > Fe > Zn.
Phytoremediation, in-situ, Bio-concentration factor, translocation factor
