Influence of Aluminium on the Restoration Potential of a Terrestrial Vascular Plant, Portulaca Oleracea L. as a Biomonitoring Tool of Fresh Water Aquatic Environments

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment - Tập 78 Số 1 - Trang 19-29 - 2002
Anandi, S.1, Thangavel, P.1, Subburam, V.1
1Department of Environmental Sciences, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

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In the present study, the influence of aluminium on the regeneration potential of leaf and stem-cuttings of Portulaca oleracea was studied in order to identify a terrestrial plant species as an alternate biomonitoring toolof fresh water environment. The leaves and stem cuttings of theterrestrial plant, P. oleracea grew well in the distilled water producing adventitious and lateral roots. The aluminium treated leaves and stem cuttings showed a reduction in the growthof the adventitious and lateral roots and increase in the decay of leaves and stem cuttings with increasing aluminium concentration. The tolerance index calculated for the leaves and the stem cuttings showed that the leaves were more sensitivethan stems to aluminium. Since all the parameters studied showedconcentration dependent changes, the terrestrial plant, P. oleracea can be considered a suitable ‘biomonitoring tool’ of fresh water environment besides its usage in the Al toxicity testing.

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