Effect of synthetic detergents on germination of fern spores
Synthetic detergents constitute one of the most important water pollutants by contaminating the lakes and rivers through domestic and industrial use. Considerable information is now available for the adverse effects of detergents an aquatic fauna including fish, algae, and higher aquatic plants. Marked inhibition of germination in orchids and brinjals and of seedlings growth in raddish suggest that rapidly growing systems could be sensitive to detergent polluted water. The present study of the effect of linear alkyl benzene sulphonate on germination of the spores of a fern, Diplazium esculentum aims at the understanding of the effects of water pollution on pteridophytes and the development of spore germination assay for phytoxicity evaluation.
- Research Organization:
- National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India
- OSTI ID:
- 6754863
- Journal Information:
- Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States), Vol. 37:6
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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DETERGENTS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
SPORES
GERMINATION
FERNS
SULFONATES
WATER POLLUTION
ADDITIVES
EMULSIFIERS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUNDS
PLANTS
POLLUTION
SURFACTANTS
WETTING AGENTS
560300* - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology