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Effect on physico-chemical and structural properties of soil amended with distillery effluent and ameliorated by crop** two cereal plant spp.

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Molasses-based distilleries are one of the most polluting industries generating large volume of wastewater. Distillery effluent (DE) on its discharge alters the physical and chemical properties of the soil. This study has been conducted to assess the distribution of heavy metals and its effect on physiochemical and structural changes of soil which has been treated with diluted and undiluted effluents. The soil has been assayed both before and after crop plantation. Out of the crop plants studied, Cicer arietinum was least effected and more effective than Pisum sativum in diminishing the heavy metals from soil. However, only at higher concentration DE has some adverse impact on the nutrient contents of the soil. Fourier transform infrared spectrum (FTIR) study of the soil indicated the presence of –OH, –NH, –COOH groups. It was also noted that the soil amended with different concentration of DE and on which Cicer and Pisum were grown has varied IR spectrum. These variations show the presence of different functional groups of soil before and after plants were grown. The presence of inorganic carbonate was found in soil planted with Cicer from 10 to 50% of DE, whereas aliphatic primary amides were observed up to 25 and 100% concentrations of DE in soil planted with Pisum. The appearance of inorganic nitrates, carbonates, aliphatic hydrocarbons and aliphatic primary amides at various concentrations of DE showed a change in functional groups probably because of the differential breakdown of parent component present in the effluent. Besides our main finding that Cicer is a very useful crop species in remediating the soil which has inflicted with even undiluted DE, it is also validated through FTIR spectra that IR technique is an efficient tool in studying the structural changes of soil and with some degree of caution may be summed up that FTIR may be used to correlate the relative efficacy of plants to transform organic contaminants.

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  1. Department of Environmental Science, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar (A Central) University, Vidya Vihar, Raebarelly Road, Lucknow, 226 025, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Kamini Narain, Taiyyaba Yazdani & Mohmmad Yunus

  2. School of Environmental Biology, Awadhesh Pratap Singh University, Rewa, 486 003, Madhya Pradesh, India

    Mohd. Muzamil Bhat

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Narain, K., Yazdani, T., Muzamil Bhat, M. et al. Effect on physico-chemical and structural properties of soil amended with distillery effluent and ameliorated by crop** two cereal plant spp.. Environ Earth Sci 66, 977–984 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-011-1344-x

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