Wastewater is a source of some nutrients essential for soil fertility, but include various types of contaminants like heavy metals that pollute the soil and crops. In this regard, an experiment was carried out at Department of Botany, University of Sargodha to evaluate the possible health risks of heavy metals in forages. Forages both forsummer and winter were grown with different water treatments (sewage and tap water). The concentration of cadmium in water, root and forage samples was determined. Moreover, bioconcentration factor, pollution load index, daily intake of metals and health risk index were calculated. In tap water Cd value was 0.54 mg/L and in sewage water, it was 0.56 mg/L. In soil the calculated Cd value was lower than USEPA standards. The maximum Cd in root was calculated in winter forages (1.15 mg/kg). The calculated value for Cd in leaves was higher than the maximum permissible limit 0.5 mg/kg by World Health Organization. The maximum observed value for cadmium bioconcentration factor in Medicago sativa was (9.77) grown in winter. The maximum pollution load index observed for Cd was 1.148. The maximum value for daily intake of metal observed was 0.028 mg/kg/day and minimum observed was 0.00948 mg/kg/day.
Research Article · Volume 65, Issue 1, 27 February 2024 · Open Access
Bioaccumulation and translocation of cadmium in forages grown in soil irrigated with city effluent: An evaluation
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Affiliations & Notes ⌄
- 1Department of Botany, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan 2Department of Botany, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Pakistan 3Department of Plant breeding and Genetics, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan 4Plant Breeding and Genetics, Agriculture College, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan 5Department of Zoology, Women University Multan, Pakistan 6Department of Zoology, Lahore College for women university, Lahore, Pakistan 7Department of Zoology, University of Sargodha, Sargodh
Article Info ⌄
- Journal:
- Biologia (Lahore)
- Published:
- 27 February 2024

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