Characterization of rhizospheric soil of Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench grown in paper mill effluent infested area

Agriculture

Soil pollution can be defined as the phenomenon in which the harmful chemicals and wastes mix directly or indirectly into the soil and it starts affecting the soil-plant microbes’ interactions. This results into soil contamination and if the situation remains continued the soil gets degraded and ultimately becomes sterile. Among different soil pollutants, industrial wastes and effluents generated from the industrial processing contain severe toxins which are disposed off in most of the cases in very precarious ways. Generally, the liquid toxic effluents are disposed into the environment without proper treatment and they get easily fallen into the agricultural land through drains. Among different industrial effluents, paper mill effluents are dangerous as it contains heavy metal elements and several disease-causing chemicals which have drastic negative impact on human as well as on plant health. So, it is necessary to analyse the properties of soil samples collected from different industrial zone and then it can help us to identify the amount of toxic materials present in that zone. The current work focuses on the characterization of rhizospheric soil samples collected from Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench plants grown in papermill effluent infested area of Nadia, W.B.

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