Effect of polluted river water on growth, yield and heavy metal accumulation of red amaranth

Authors

  • KM Mohiuddin Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202
  • Md Mehediul Alam Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202
  • Md Shahinur Rahman Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202
  • Md Shafiqul Islam Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202
  • Istiaq Ahmed Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/ralf.v3i1.27858

Keywords:

Heavy metal, Vegetable, River water, Irrigation

Abstract

The present study was carried out to assess the levels of different heavy metals like chromium (Cr), lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), iron (Fe), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn) and manganese (Mn) on red amaranth vegetable irrigated with polluted river water. Atomic Absorption Spectrometer was used for analyzing the heavy metals in the samples. The results indicated a substantial build-up of heavy metals accumulation in red amaranth irrigated with polluted river water. The ranges of various metals in red amaranth samples irrigated with polluted river water were 0.450.93, 0.1470.175, 42.33479.73, 1.3112.04, 3.7135.11 and 10.9142.9 ?g g-1 for Cr, Pb, Fe, Cu, Zn and Mn, respectively. Cadmium concentration was below the detection limit (0.01 ?g g-1) of the method used in the analysis. However, the regular monitoring of levels of these metals from effluents and sewage, in vegetables and in other food materials is essential to prevent excessive build-up of these metals in the food chain. In general, our results indicated that using polluted river water had no significant variation in growth and yield of red amaranth from the crops irrigated with fresh water.

Res. Agric., Livest. Fish.3(1): 53-65, April 2016

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.
Abstract
1033
PDF
1039

Author Biography

KM Mohiuddin, Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202



Downloads

Published

2016-05-26

How to Cite

Mohiuddin, K., Alam, M. M., Rahman, M. S., Islam, M. S., & Ahmed, I. (2016). Effect of polluted river water on growth, yield and heavy metal accumulation of red amaranth. Research in Agriculture Livestock and Fisheries, 3(1), 53–65. https://doi.org/10.3329/ralf.v3i1.27858

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2016)

Section

Agriculture

License

Creative Commons
All RALF articles are published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 International License. Readers can copy, distribute, transmit and adapt the work provided the original work and source is appropriately cited.

Copyright
Submission of a manuscript implies that authors have met the requirements of the editorial policy and publication ethics. Authors retain the copyright of their articles published in the journal. However, authors agree that their articles remain permanently open access under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 International License.