ID: 55956
Title: Effect of agricultural -industrial wastes on vegetation of some selected sites of Alaniya river system near Kota, Rajasthan
Author: Sushma Jangid and S K Shringi
Editor: Prof K P Sharma
Year: 2011
Publisher: Technoscience Publications, Vol 10, No 4, Dec 2011
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: Nature Environment & Pollution Technology
Keywords: Heavy metals, industrial wastes, agricultural run-off, diversity of plant species
Abstract: In the present study, different heavy metals like copper, zinc and mercury were recorded in water and soil samples at different sites along Alaniya river system. Higher concentrations of these metals were recorded at polluted sites compared to non-polluted site of the study area. Soil samples showed higher concentration of metals compared to water samples. The vegetational analysis of the study sites observed higher number of plant species at non-polluted site, while less number of plant species were present at polluted sites. Some plant species were recorded only at the non-polluted sites but absent at polluted sites.
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ID: 55955
Title: Groundwater quality of Gadhinglaj Tahsil of Maharashtra
Author: R S Sawant, S D Jadhav, A G Godghate and S R Patil
Editor: Prof K P Sharma
Year: 2011
Publisher: Technoscience Publications, Vol 10, No 4, Dec 2011
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: Nature Environment & Pollution Technology
Keywords: Groundwater quality, borewells, Gadhinglaj tehsil, Drinking water standards
Abstract: The study deals with the groundwater quality of Gadhinglaj tehsil in Maharashtra. The groundwater quality was assessed by examining various physico-chemical parameters. The borewell water samples were collected from 40 villages from Gadhinglaj tehsil during winter season. The physico-chemical parameters like temperature, pH, EC, free CO2, total alkalinity, total hardness, Ca and Mg hardness, chlorides and dissolved oxygen were analysed. The result were compared with WHO and BIS standards. Except for a few parameters at some places, most of the water samples were found to be suitable for drinking.
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ID: 55954
Title: An investigation of fungal aerobiopollutants in the ambient air over maize fields
Author: Avinash V Karne
Editor: Prof K P Sharma
Year: 2011
Publisher: Technoscience Publications, Vol 10, No 4, Dec 2011
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: Nature Environment & Pollution Technology
Keywords: Air monitoring, fungal aerobiopollutants, spore types, maize fields, meterological parameters
Abstract: The present investigation was carried out to understand the qualitative and quantitative incidence of fungal aerobiopollutants over maize. Environmental monitoring was carried out by operating continuous volumetric Tilak air sampler, which gave continuous air sampling for atmospheric aerobiopollutants. Apart from dust particles, altogether 44 types of aerobiopollutants were trapped in the sampler of which 39 belonged to fungal spore types. From these, 25 belonged to Deuteromycotina, 9 to Ascomycotina, 2 to Basidiomycotina, 2 to Mastigomycotina and 1 to Zygomycotina, while remaining 5 types belonged to non-fungal spore groups of other types. Aerobiopollutants obtained peak in the month of February with 29582 /m3 of air and 37. 7 spore percentages, when there was a record of 4.6 mm rainfall, average temperature of 21.30C and 54.6% relative humidity. The pathogenic and allergic nature of aerobiopollutants is discussed, and influence of meterological parameters on these spore types is presented in this paper.
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ID: 55953
Title: An evaluation of the impact of by-prouduct gypsum from a phosphoric acid factory on Scoparia dulcis L
Author: Neelima Shaji, Lizzy Mathew and Romilly Margaret Mendez
Editor: Prof K P Sharma
Year: 2011
Publisher: Technoscience Publications, Vol 10, No 4, Dec 2011
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: Nature Environment & Pollution Technology
Keywords: Gypsum polluted soil, Phytochemicals, antibacterial activity, E.coli
Abstract: The impact of the by-product gypsum on the morphology, phytochemistry and antibacterial activity of Scoparia dulcis L has been studied. The gypsum and control site soils were subjected to analysis and the high incidence of abnormalities noticed in the plant species could be taken as a pointer to define the environmental hazards caused by industrial pollution.
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ID: 55952
Title: Effect of salinity on an entomopathogenic biocontrol nematode, Hetrorhabitis indica
Author: Siva Muthuprakash K M and Jayanthi Abraham
Editor: Prof K P Sharma
Year: 2011
Publisher: Technoscience Publications, Vol 10, No 4, Dec 2011
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: Nature Environment & Pollution Technology
Keywords: Entomophathogenic, nematodes, Heterorhabditis indica, Cardamom plantations, salinity
Abstract: Entomopathogenic nematodes, especially ICRI-18, a strain of Heterorhabditis indica, are being used as efficient biological control agent for a sub-terranean pest called Basilepta fulvicorne affecting cardamom plant roots. The cardamom plantation has been spread over the western ghats of south India where H. indica (strain ICRI-18) is used for the control of root grub. Salinity plays a significant role in microbial interactions and all inhabitants of soil. As the method of irrigation varies from place to place so does the salinity of water and soil. As salinity plays a key role in survival of soil organisms, the aim behind the present study was to investigate the compatibility of the bio-control agents with salinity. The effect of sodium chloride over H. indica at various concentrations (0.1 M to 0.5M) was evaluated. The observation revealed that salinity did cause a proportional mortality to that of salt concentration. However, more than 80% of nematodes survived upto 0.3 M concentration, after which there was a drastic reduction of the nematode population. The nematode population reduced at 0.4 M considerably, which can be concluded that salinity of the soil at cardamom plantations did not cause nay adverse effect on the nematodes.
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ID: 55951
Title: Tolerance limit of the Alga Spirulina plantensis to linear alkyl benzene sulphonate pollued wastewater
Author: Javeed Ahmad Lone, Farooq Ahmad Lone, Ajay and S Kundu
Editor: Prof K P Sharma
Year: 2011
Publisher: Technoscience Publications, Vol 10, No 4, Dec 2011
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: Nature Environment & Pollution Technology
Keywords: Detergents, linear alkyl benzene, sulphonate (LAS), Spirulina platensis, photosynthetic pigment
Abstract: Domestic detergents carried by the urban wastewater normally accumulate in the surface water bodies in most of the Indian cities. One of the major chemical components of these detergents is linear alkyl benzene sulphonate (LAS) and its accumulation in water bodies may become toxic to aquatic flora and fauna. In the present study, the growth of a Cyanobacterium Spirulina platensis, generally used as a nutraceutical source of protein, was studied in CFTRI medium spiked with 5 levels of LAS (2, 4, 6, 8, 10 ppm). The growth of Spirulina gradually increased and became maximum at 6 ppm of LAS beyond which there was a gradual decline with the minimum growth recorded at 10ppm level. At 6 ppm level of LAS, maximum biomass yield (109.5 mg/50 mL), protein (587.5 ?g/mL) and nitrate reductase activity (79.2 NR ?M NO2/hr/gFW) were observed. Maximum content of chrlorophyll-a (4.324 mg/g FW) and carotenoid (0.451 mg/g FW) were observed at 4 ppm level of LAS. The result thus, showed that Spirulina platensis is able to tolerate up to 6 ppm of LAS in wastewater bodies.
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ID: 55950
Title: Watershed management as a tool for changing the Kaleidoscope of Central India: A case study from Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh, India
Author: Abhay M Varade, Harsharaj Wankhade, Yadav Kumar Mawale and Hemant Khandare
Editor: Prof K P Sharma
Year: 2011
Publisher: Technoscience Publications, Vol 10, No 4, Dec 2011
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: Nature Environment & Pollution Technology
Keywords: Watershed management, Jhabua district, Rajiv Gandhi Watershed, Mission Programme
Abstract: Watershed management is an approach of areas planning of natural resources to sub-serve the socio-economic needs of the human society or community concerned. At present the concept has become a key for improving the soil and water resources, productivity and ecological restoraion of rain-fed areas. The present apper focuses on the impacts of implementation of watershed management practices adopted for the Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh, India. The Rajiv Gandhi Watershed Mission Programme executed for the Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh state has set an excellent model of natural resource conservation, management and ecological restoration process. It has been concluded with the note that there is a nationwide need to adopt such types of natural resource management practices.
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ID: 55949
Title: The study of water quality of Tripunithura, a city suburb of Ernakulam district in Kerala, India
Author: M P Subin, C T Anitha and P D Sidhimol
Editor: Prof K P Sharma
Year: 2011
Publisher: Technoscience Publications, Vol 10, No 4, Dec 2011
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: Nature Environment & Pollution Technology
Keywords: Water quality, groundwater, surface water, drinking water standards
Abstract: In the present study, physico-chemical and microbioloigcal characteristics of different sources of surface and groundwaters in Tripunithura, a suburb of Emakulam district, Kerala were determined during February 2011. The objective of the study was to asses the suitability of water for human consumption and other domestic purposes. Water samples from three different densely populated localities were collected and analysed for various parameters using standard methods. The physico-chemical parameters of home well water and pond water, with th exception of iron value in pond water, were satisfactory whereas bore well water and river water exhibited all the values as exceeding maximum permissible limit with a few exceptions of sulphate and dissolved oxygen in bore well water and nitrate in river water. The microbiological anlaysis revealed that with the exception of bore well water, all other waters fall to satisfy the prescribed standards set for drinking water. Therefore, the study revealed that the enitre water samples investigated in the present study failed to qualify the prescribed standards for drinking either in the physico-chemical aspects or in the microbiolgoical aspects or both.
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ID: 55948
Title: Sister chromatid exchanges in peripheral lymphocytes in shoe factory workers exposed to organic solvents
Author: K Rudrama Devi and S Jithender Kumar Naik
Editor: Prof K P Sharma
Year: 2011
Publisher: Technoscience Publications, Vol 10, No 4, Dec 2011
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: Nature Environment & Pollution Technology
Keywords: Shoe factory workers, organic solvents, sister chromatid exchanges, peripheral blood lymphocytes
Abstract: Shoe manufacturing is an age - old profession in India. The genotoxic potential of organic solvents in cultured peripheral lymphocytes has been investigated on 62 male workers in a leather shoe factory located at IDA, Nacharam in Ranga Reddy district of Andhra Pradesh by using one of the recommended cytogenetic biomarkers. The blood samples were collected from amle workers and 42 age matched controls. Analysis of sister chromatid exchanges in human peripheral lymphocytes was carried out in control and exposed groups. A significant increase in the percentage of SCEs was observed as compared to control. Thus, the study clearly reveals the mutagenic effect of organic solvents on human beings.
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ID: 55947
Title: Dechloridation of treated tannery effluent by using leaves of plants
Author: M R Rajan and S R Murali
Editor: Prof K P Sharma
Year: 2011
Publisher: Technoscience Publications, Vol 10, No 4, Dec 2011
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: Nature Environment & Pollution Technology
Keywords: Tannery effluent, dechloridation, plant leaves, adsorbents
Abstract: The present study deals with the dechloridation of treated tannery effluent by using plant leaves. The effluent after treatment, which is let out from the Common Tannery Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) into Senkulum lake, Dindigul, Tamilnadu, was collected for the study. The physico-chemical characteristics of the treated tannery effluent were analysed. The pH value of effluetn was 8.04 which slightly exceeded the recommended value. The electrical conductivity was 12,500 micromhos/cm, which was higher than the permissible limit. The value of hardness was 2210 mg/L. Out of the three cations tested, i.e. sodium, potassium and calcium, the sodium was 1275 mg/L followed by potassium (76 mg/L) and calcium (295 mg/L). The chloride content was higher (12.652 mg/L) in the tannery effleunt. Leaves of plants such as Cyanodon dactylon, Psidium guajava, Azadirachta indica, Cassia tora and Cassia angustifolia were used for the study. An adsorption kinetic study was performed with different weights of adsorbents (100-500 mg/100mL), temperature (20-600C) and pH (4-10), for chloride adsorption with different contact times (30 min, 1 hr, 2 hr). The Cassia tora leaves adsorbed maximum chloride compared to the leaves of other plants with a maximum weight of 200 mg of adsorbent /100 mL, temperature of 400C , pH 10 and contact time of 2 hours.
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ID: 55946
Title: Groundwater quality of deeper aquifers from watersheds PGK1, PGK3 and PGK4, Yavatmal district (Maharashtra) in Central India
Author: Y A Murkute and P P Badhan
Editor: Prof K P Sharma
Year: 2011
Publisher: Technoscience Publications, Vol 10, No 4, Dec 2011
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: Nature Environment & Pollution Technology
Keywords: Groundwater quality, deeper aquifers, neoproterozoic limestones, fluorides
Abstract: The groundwater quality from the watersheds PGK1, PGK3 and PGK4, Yavatmal District (Maharashtra), Central India, has been assessed and results are presented in the paper. Fifty samples collected from deeper aquifers have been analysed for various parameters like pH, EC, TDS, Ca++, Mg++, Na+, K+, HCO3-, CO3-2, Cl-, SO4-2 and F-. the interrelationship between F- with pH, Na+, SO4-2 and Cl- has resulted into positive correlation, while inverse relationship is noted for Ca++ and HCO3-. In the area of study, the F- content reanges from 0.2 to 15.6 mg/L, and 64% of groundwater samples from deeper aquifer have F-concentration more than 1.0 mg/L. The higher concentration of F- in Neoproterozoic limestones has been ascribed to the presence of fluoride bearing minerals like fluorite and apatite. In such limestones of chemical origin, co-precipitation of CaF2 and CaCO3 is the major process which controls the fluorine distribution in the rocks. The leaching of F- containing minerals from the weathered zone to deeper depth has contributed the high F- concentration in basaltic aquifers. Among the analysed samples, 58% of groundwater is suitable for irrigation.
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ID: 55945
Title: Responses of Vigna radiata and Vigna unguiculata seedlings to distillery effluent
Author: M Tharakehwari and Shobha Jagannath
Editor: Prof K P Sharma
Year: 2011
Publisher: Technoscience Publications, Vol 10, No 4, Dec 2011
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: Nature Environment & Pollution Technology
Keywords: Distillery effluent, Vigna radiata, Vigna unguiculata, seed germination, seedling growth
Abstract: The present study was undertaken to find out the physico-chemical characteristics of both untreated and treated distillery effluent and effect of various concentrations (25, 50, 75, 100% v/v) of treated distillery effluent on the seed germination and seedling growth of Vigna radiata (L) R. Wilczek Var. Pusa baisaki and Vigna unguiculata (L) Walp. Var. CS 1. The physico-chemical analysis of the effluent showed high alkalinity with high BOD and COD, total dissolved solids, and total suspended solids. The germination in 25% concentration was foudn to be maximum as compared to 75 and 100% concentrations. 25% concentration of distillery effluent was found to be beneficial for the growth of shoot and root in both the plants as compared to control, indicating the enhancing influence of platn nutrients present in the effluent. However, the reduction in seedling growth revealed that constituents of distillery effluent at higher concentrations exhibited deleterious effects on both the crops plants.
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ID: 55944
Title: Alterations in the nutritional parameters of silkworm Bombyx mori L on exposure to Selenium
Author: A Vijaya Bhaskara Rao and S Smitha
Editor: Prof K P Sharma
Year: 2011
Publisher: Technoscience Publications, Vol 10, No 4, Dec 2011
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: Nature Environment & Pollution Technology
Keywords: Silkworm, Bombyx mori L, Selenium, Food consumption, Assimilation, excretion
Abstract: The silkworm, Bombyx mori L. feeds on mulberry leaves from which it ingests various nutrients to support and total food converted under lethal and sub lethal doses of selenium at 3, 4, 5 and 6 days of V instar silkworm were studied. The selenium at lethal doses could decrease the parameters like food consumption assimilation efficiency and food conversion rate. However, the sub-lethal doses of selenium, particularly at 6 days of exposure, could exhibit increased levels of the above parameters in the silkworm leading to its better survival.
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ID: 55943
Title: Equilibrium and kinetic studies on adsorption of Congo-Red dye from aqueous solution onto rice husk carbon
Author: Sarita Yadav, D K Tyagi and O P Yadav
Editor: Prof K P Sharma
Year: 2011
Publisher: Technoscience Publications, Vol 10, No 4, Dec 2011
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: Nature Environment & Pollution Technology
Keywords: Congo-red dye, rice husk carbon, Equilibrium, kinetics of adsorption
Abstract: Equilibrium and kinetic data for the adsorption of Congo-red dye from aqueous solution onto activated rice husk carbon have been reported. The effects of dye initial concentration, adsorbent -adsorbate contact time, temperature, adsorbent amount and particle size on the percent adsorption of the dye on the adsorbent have been investigated. Kinetics of adsorption of Congo-red onto the adsorbent in aqueous solution was monitored spectrophotometrically. At the specified dye initial concentration, percent adsorption of dye increases with increase in temperature as well as the adsorbate-adsorbent contact period. However, at the given temperature, % adsorption of Congo-red decreases with the increase in dye initial concentration. The observed adsorption data were analysed in light of Langmuir and Freundlich adsorption isotherms. Dye adsorption rate constant (Kad) follows the first order kinetics. Activation energy (Ea) of adsorption, intra-particle diffusion rate constant and thermodynamic parameters of Congo-red adsorption on the rice-husk carbon have been evaluated and interpreted.
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ID: 55942
Title: Hydrochemical characteristics of grounwater in Noyyil River Basin, Tamil Nadu, India
Author: V Kavimani, V Subramanian, and K Karthickumar
Editor: Prof K P Sharma
Year: 2011
Publisher: Technoscience Publications, Vol 10, No 4, Dec 2011
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: Nature Environment & Pollution Technology
Keywords: Noyyli river basin, Groundwater quality, Hydrogeochemistry, drinking water standards, irrigation
Abstract: Groundwater is the major source for domestic, agricultural and other related activities. An attempt has been made to study the hydrogeochemistry characterization of Noyyil river basin. The seasonal variation of the chemical budget of ions was determined from the hydrogeochemical investigation of the groundwater. Though, the effect of monsoon does not change the order of abundance of cations, it does change the concentration of various ions, and it is found that there was a considerable change in case of all major ions. Broadly speaking, the groundwater has a chemical composition within the permissible limits suggested for drinking water. Nitrates is higher than the acceptable limits in some samples, that is mainly due to the usage of fertilizers. Hydrogeochemistry of groundwater of Noyyil river basin, which is predominantly a hard rock terrain, has been studied to evaluate the quality of groundwater for domestic and agricultural purposes. Groundwater samples from sixty locations were collected both during January 2007 and January 2008 in and around Noyyil river basin and analysed for their major cations and anions. Physical and chemical parameters of groundwater such as EC, TDS and ionic concentrations of Na+, K+, Ca2+, Mg2+, Cl-, HCO3-, CO32-, SO42-, NO3-, and F- have been determined. Based on the analytical data hydrochemical indices like Na%, SAR, SAC, RSC and PI have been calculated. The ionic concentration of TDS, Na, K, SO42- , NO3- and EC in the sampled locations vary spatially and temporally and the same is attributed for severe contaminations. Salinity, SAR, Na% indicate that the majority of the samples are not suitable for domestic and irrigational purposes and far from drinking water standards as prescribed by WHO.
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