Toxicologia Ambiental e Analítica

Response of Wheat (Triticum aestivum) to Exogenously Applied Chromium: Effect on Growth, Chlorophyll and Mineral Composition

Abstract

Abdul Ghani, Imran Khan, Sabahat Umer, Iftikhar Ahmed, Irfan Mustafa and Noor Mohammad

Heavy metals are very dangerous to environment and harm to all living organisms e.g. plants and animals etc. They enter the plant through soil and damage the internal mechanisms of plants. Chromium is very toxic to plants as well as animals. It has negative influences on plant growth, mineral nutrients and chlorophyll contents. Increasing its concentration causes reduction in plant growth, Chlorophyll contents and mineral nutrients in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). All the parameters were found to be reduced if there is increase in the concentration of chromium.