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Online ISSN : 2349-8080 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorinchiefijcrbp@gmail.com |
Pistia is a genus of aquatic plant in the arum family, Araceae. The experimental plant is selected based on the availability and adoptability of the plant. The experimental plant is used to treat swellings and urinary tract infections. The leaves are diuretic, emollient, expectorant, laxative and stomachic, etc. The aim of this study is to determine cadmium toxicity on morphological index parameters (MID) in submerged aquatic macrophyte Pistia stratiotes. The experimental samples were collected from Hullikeri Lake of Koppal. The plants were maintained under laboratory conditions with different concentrations of Cadmium salts to understand its effect on morphological characters of the plant. It was observed that, the maximum shoot length (6.65 cm) and root length (4.53 cm) in the plants treated with 1.5 mg/liter cadmium salt compared to other treatments. The plant treated with 2.5 mg/liter showed decreased plant growth responses. Therefore, it is concluded that, higher concentration of heavy metal affects plants and the optimum amount of heavy metal can be removed from the contaminated water bodies by using the experimental plant.
