Abstract:
Exploration for natural gas and oil has grown to be a significance cause of environmental contamination. Due to rapid and uncontrolled development, petroleum-related environmental contamination has significantly increased in developing countries which have ultimately landed up as a heavy burden on environment in the form of various hazardous gases and chemical discharge. Therefore the present research study was designed to determine the impact of different concentrations (control, 5, 10, 20, 40, 60 and 100%) of NASHPA oil and gas plant effluent on seed germination, biochemical and morphological parameters of wheat were studied. Results showed that seed germination of wheat was decreased by the oil and gas effluents as compare to control. Results also showed that morphological, biochemical and antioxidative enzyme analysis of wheat including, root/shoot fresh weight & length, leaves number, root number, length of primary root, plant height, heavy metal analysis, photosynthetic pigments, total soluble proteins and sugar were significantly decreased by the oil and gas effluents as compare to control. Results also showed that activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), peroxidase (POD) and ascorbate peroxidase (APX) in wheat were also decreased by different concentrations of the oil and gas effluents. Results also showed that the morphological, biochemical and antioxidative analysis gradually decreased with increasing concentration of oil and gas effluents.
Page(s):
39-39
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: Abstract Book on International Conference on Life Sciences (ICLS-23) 11-12 May 22-23, Volume: 0, Issue: 0, Year: 2023
Keywords:
Heavy metals
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biochemical parameters
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Morphological parameters
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NASHPA oil and gas plant
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Water bodies
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Oil and gas effluents