title: Response of sugarcane to treated wastewater of oil refinery.
abstract: The crop of sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) was grown at the agricultural farm of the Mathura Oil Refinery in a simple randomized block design. The experimental plots were irrigated with ground water (GW) or treated wastewater (TW) as and when required The plants gave better response to the latter than the former. The quantity of the required nutrients was comparatively more in TW than GW. The soil receiving wastewater did not show any significant change in its physico-chemical characteristics. The soil accumulated all the heavy metals but the plant samples receiving TW only exhibited the presence of Ni, Pb and Zn whose values are far below the permissible limits.
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202 002, India. aqil_ahmad@lycos.com
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Inam
authors.forename: Iqbal
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hayat
authors.forename: Z M
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Azam
authors.lastname: Samiullah
mesh_terms: D007220:Industrial Waste; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D010578:Petroleum; D011897:Random Allocation; D031786:Saccharum / Q000254:growth & development*; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid
chemical_list: D007220:Industrial Waste; D019216:Metals, Heavy; D010578:Petroleum