Assessment of Wastewater Tolerant Algal Flora from the Industrial Effluents of Lahore City, Pakistan | Abstract Book on Second International Conference on Recent Approaches in Plant Sciences (RAPS-23) 4-5 May 2023 2023

Author(s)

Rizwan Sarwar Department of Botany University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Muzaffarabad, Pakistan

Rahmatullah Qureshi Department of Botany, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Noshin Ilyas Department of Botany, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Khalid Saifullah Khan Department of Soil Science, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Abstract

The present study was aimed at screening and identifying pollution tolerant algal species from the industrial wastewater of Lahore city. A total of 74 species belonging to 24 genera, 20 families were collected and identified. The highest numbers of families (08) were belonging to phylum Chlorophyta, followed by phylum Bacillariophyta (07) families. Identifying heavy metal tolerant species from industrial wastewater may serve to be used as bio sorbent in phytoremediation programme.

Publication Details

Page(s) 42-42

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Published Journal: Abstract Book on Second International Conference on Recent Approaches in Plant Sciences (RAPS-23) 4-5 May 2023 , Volume: 0, Issue: 0, Year: 2023

Keywords

Pakistan Industrial wastewater Lahore city Alga flora

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