Pramod Kumar, N.L. Sharma and Anil Sharma
Department of Botany, Meerut College, Meerut (U.P.) 250 001
Email: pkbotany@yahoo.com
Abstract: An experiment was conducted with an aim to evaluate the effluents in Ganga River and their impacts on Maize cultivar. The samples were collected from three different sites of Ganga River. The variety of food crop taken was Madhuri, F1 Hybrid. The replicas of Zea mays were grown in Petri dishes at different concentrations which were irrigated with 10 ml. solution at regular intervals. The Plumule and Radicle growth were measured after each 72 hours.
Keywords: Ganga, Zea mays, Plumule, Radicle, Germination
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