AccScience Publishing / AJWEP / Volume 18 / Issue 4 / DOI: 10.3233/AJW210054
RESEARCH ARTICLE

Application of Sewage Sludge and Its Impact on Soil  Characteristics, Including Morphological and Biochemical Properties of Vigna radiata Plant

Basim Y. Alkhafaji1 Roaa Jafar Elkheralla1* Ahmed Salman Abdulhasan1
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1 Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Thi-Qar, Iraq
AJWEP 2021, 18(4), 141–146; https://doi.org/10.3233/AJW210054
Submitted: 9 June 2021 | Revised: 25 June 2021 | Accepted: 25 June 2021 | Published: 18 November 2021
© 2021 by the Author(s). This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution -Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC-by the license) ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ )
Abstract

This experiment was conducted in pots to study the effects of sewage sludge application on some  morphological, physiological and accumulation characters of Vigna radiata. The experiment contained the following  treatments: control (C) 0 gm sludge/30 kg soil, (T1) 300 gm sludge/30 kg soil, (T2) 600 gm sludge/30 kg soil  and (T3) 900 gm sludge/30 kg soil. All sludge treatments showed a significant increase in all morphological,  physiological and accumulation characters compared with control. (T2 ) treatment gave a significant increase as  compared to other treatments in all morphological characters (height of the plant, leaf area, and total dry weight  for shoots and roots). It increased by 34.1 cm, 33.1 cm2, 29.8 gm and 3.3 gm, respectively, compared with the  control. T2 treatment also gave significant values in all physiological characters (chlorophyll and protein content)  as compared to other treatments and the control treatment, (2.60 µg/gm and 17.7%) respectively compared with  the control. T3 treatment showed a higher accumulation of Cd and Pb in all plant parts, the root system showed  greater susceptibility to bioaccumulation than the shoot system for both the heavy metals.

Keywords
Sewage sludge
heavy metal
Vigna radiata.
Conflict of interest
The authors declare they have no competing interests.
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