title: Phytostabilisation of tailing dams: a quantification of physiological and biological responses in plants.
abstract: Effect of unamended and variously amended tailings of Rajpura-Dariba mines, Udaipur, India was studied on certain physiological and biochemical responses of plants. Plants grown in unamended tailings, showed reduction in shoot-root length, shoot-root dry weight, chlorophyll content and an increase in total phenol contents and peroxidase activity. Ameliorations resulted in an increase in growth and chlorophyll contents, a decrease in total phenol contents and reduction in peroxidase activity in the test plants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany, ML Sukhadia University, Udaipur.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: N C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Aery
mesh_terms: D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D006801:Humans; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000032:analysis / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D008906:Mining; D027805:Phaseolus / Q000378:metabolism*; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000378:metabolism; D018520:Plant Shoots / Q000378:metabolism; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*
chemical_list: D019216:Metals, Heavy; D012989:Soil Pollutants