2016, Issue 7, Volume 8

INTERACTIVE EFFECT OF AUXIN AND SIMULATED ACID RAIN ON THE FRESH WEIGHT AND DRY WEIGHT OF THE SEEDLINGS OF CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS VAR. CALIFORNIA WONDER AND SWEET MAGIC

Meenakshi Sharma1*, Vinay Prabha Sharma2 and Sanjeev Kumar3

1Department of Botany, M.K.P. (PG) College , Dehradun- U.K.(India)

2Department of Chemistry, Meerut College , Meerut- U.P.(India)

3Department of Botany, D.A.V. (PG) College , Muzaffarnagar-U.P.(India)

Email: shambhavisharma98@hotmail.com

Received-14.07.2016, Revised-28.07.2016

Abstract: Fresh weight and dry weight are important in deciding the growth of plants. They are related to health of plants. Therefore, studies have been carried out on dry weight and fresh weight of seedlings of Capsicum Frutescens var. California wonder and Sweet magic under the influence of simulated acid rain, auxin as well as interactive effect of both of them at different concentrations during present study and optimum concentration has been determined for the best growth.

Keywords : Simulated acid rain, Auxin , Fresh weight , Dry weight

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