TITLE:
Influence of Fly Ash and Growth Regulator with Soil for Determination of Chlorophyll in Arachis hypogaea L.
AUTHORS:
Shweta Sao, Pankaj K. Sahu
KEYWORDS:
Arachis hypogaea; Growth Hormone; Soil; Chlorophyll; Fly Ash
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Plant Sciences,
Vol.4 No.9,
August
29,
2013
ABSTRACT: The present investigation was conducted to find out the effect of varying
levels of fly ash and growth hormones on
the determination of chlorophylls. The experiments were conducted in pots during 2009-2010 with Arachis hypogaea L. (groundnut) grown with different
levels of fly ash concentration, and soil was used (various combinations) at Guru ghasidas University, Bilaspur
(CG.) India. In fresh leaf, chlorophylls content varies in the plain soil from 0.29 to 0.64 mg g-1,
which is less for photosynthetic activities. Arachis hypogaea L. showed maximum germination percentage, increasing leaf area, enhancement of root &
shoot length, whereas Fly
ash, bio fertilizers with growth hormone showed minimum values in all parameters. Results showed that, for combination of A to E, the
value of chlorophyll
ranged from 0.270 mg g-1 to 0.395 mg
g-1, and chlorophyll b ranged from 0.400
mg g-1 to 0.489 mg g-1, whereas fro total chloro- phyll
ranged from 0.67 to 0.85 mg g-1. In the
present work, chlorophyll
a, chlorophyll b & total chlorophyll content in fresh leaf, after 45 days, were recorded as 0.395 mg g-1,
0.489 mg g-1 and 0.851 mg g-1 while in 90 days were recorded as 10.38 mg g-1,
0.48 mg g-1 and 0.86 mg g-1 respectively, in less amount
combination of fly ash, soil content with application of growth hormone.