International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences
ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 2 Number 8 (2013) pp. 382-388
The impact of fly ash on photosynthetic activity and medicinal property of plants
Deepak Sinha1*, Shailesh Sharma2 , M K Dwivedi3
1Department of Chemistry, Govt Nagarjuna PG college of Science, Raipur, India 2Department of Chemistry, Disha institute of Management and Technology, Raipur, India 3Department of Biochemistry, Govt Nagarjuna PG college of Science, Raipur, India *Corresponding author e-mail: drsinha333@rediffmail.com
A B S T R A C T
Fly ash is a fine, glass powder recovered from the gases of burning coal during the production of electricity and Iron industries. Fly ash contains several nutrients including S, B, Ca, Mg, Fe, Cu, Zn, Mn, and P, which are beneficial for plant growth. The present work is focused on the effect of increasing amount of fly ash on plant chlorophyll content and phenol compound concentration in agriculture. In this study we have taken two plant species, Coleus forskohlii and Andrographis paniculata to analyze the effect of increasing amount of fly ash on plant chlorophyll content and phenol compound concentration. The plants were grown in three different fields as: Normal, 5% fly ash and 10% fly ash soil. We found statistically significant (P<0.0001) impact of fly ash on chlorophyll a and b content as well as significantly increased (P<0.0001) phenolic component in fly ash containing soil
Keywords
Fly ash; Chlorophyll; Phenolic compound; Growth.; Coleus forskohlii; Andrographis paniculata