Monitoring of Zinc Profile of Forages Irrigated with City Effluent

  • Zafar Iqbal Khan Department of Botany, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan
  • Kafeel Ahmad Department of Botany, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan
  • Hareem Safdar Department of Botany, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan
  • Ilker Ugulu Faculty of Education, Uşak University, Uşak, Turkey http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6514-6575
  • Kinza Wajid Department of Botany, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan
  • Mudasra Munir Department of Botany, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan
  • Yunus Dogan Dokuz Eylul University http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9404-6031
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21743/pjaec/2020.12.32

Abstract

Wastewater contains a surplus amount of trace metals that contaminate the soil and crops. A pot trial was performed to determine the impact of wastewater on the zinc accumulation in forages and their associated health risk. Forages both of summer (Zea mays, Echinochloa colona, Pennisetum typhoideum, Sorghum vulgare, Sorghum bicolor, Sesbania rostrata, and Cyamopsis tetragonoloba) and winter (Trifolium alexandrinum, Medicago sativa, Brassica campestris, Trifolium resupinatum, Brassica juncea, and Brassica napus) were grown with sewage water and tap water treatment. The experiment was laid down in a completely randomized design with five replicates. The concentration of zinc in water, root and forage samples were analysed by atomic absorption spectrophotometer. In tap water, the zinc value was 0.498 mg/L and in wastewater 0.509 mg/L, respectively. The maximum level of zinc in the forages leaves was 3.582 mg/kg
found in Brassica napus grown in the winter season. The maximum observed value for zinc bioconcentration factor in Brassica juncea was (2.88) grown in winter. The values of pollution load index for zinc were found less than 1. The values of daily intake of metal and health risk index for zinc in all forages were less than 1 indicated that consumption of these forages was free of risk.

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Dec 23, 2020
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KHAN, Zafar Iqbal et al. Monitoring of Zinc Profile of Forages Irrigated with City Effluent. Pakistan Journal of Analytical & Environmental Chemistry, [S.l.], v. 21, n. 2, p. 303 – 313, dec. 2020. ISSN 2221-5255. Available at: <https://pjaec.pk/index.php/pjaec/article/view/511>. Date accessed: 28 nov. 2023. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.21743/pjaec/2020.12.32.
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