Table 2.
Phytotoxicity study of Reactive Blue160 and its degradation product.
| Parameter studied | Corn |
Green gram |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DW | RB 160 | Degraded products |
DW | RB 160 | Degraded products |
|
| Germination (%) | 50 | 12 | 50 | 50 | 15 | 48 |
| Radial (cm) | 3.167 ± 0.589 | 2.867 ± 0.405 | 3.050 ± 0.250 | 3.30 ± 0.305 | 2.567 ± 1.802 | 3.567 ± 0.2 |
| Shoot length(cm) | 7.60 ± 0.700 | ND | 8.050 ± 0.650 | 16.67 ± 0.23 | ND | 16.50 ± 0.500 |
| Root length(cm) | 12.10 ± 0.802 | ND | 12.50 ± 0.500 | 7.80 ± 0.305 | ND | 7.950 ± 0.050 |
Values are mean of germinated seeds of two experiments, DW: Distilled Water, SD: Standard Deviation.