Effect of industrial pollutants on morphology of red gram crop growing at Kurnool, A.P., India
Venkata Ramana, C.1 and Meerabai, G.2
1Department of Botany, S.B.S.Y.M.Degree College, Kurnool – 518001 (India) 2Department of Botany, Rayalaseema University, Kurnool – 518002 (India)
ABSTRACT
The study is aimed on the impact of industrial pollutants on morphological characters of red gram, a pulse crop growing at the vicinity of a silicon industry at Kurnool, A.P., India. Two field sites, one polluted and another non-polluted field are selected for the study. To know the effect of industrial pollutants on morphology of the crop plants, the height, fresh and dry weights, number of branches/plant, number of leaflets/plant, size of the leaflet, trichomes frequency/cm2 of the leaflet, number of inflorescences/plant, number of flowers/plant, flowering period of the plants, number of pods/plant, number of seeds/plant and the weight of 100 seeds are studied for two consequent years to confirm the results. The observations indicated the reduction in number of branches, reduction in number of inflorescences and the decrease in number of pods/plant in samples of polluted field.