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Lemna minor L. (duckweed) is a free floating small, rapidly growing aquatic plant. It can adjust very easily to several types of aquatic conditions and hence play a central role in extraction and bioaccumulation of toxic pollutants from waters. In the present investigation Duckweed (Lemna minor L.), was exposed to different concentrations of tannery sludge i.e., 0, 30 and 60% TS to assess the tolerance and heavy metals uptake. Further, the transfer of these metals from roots to other plant parts was also measured. Results indicate that higher concentration of metals was found in the shoots as compared to the roots. The transfer factor was also greater than 1.0. The enrichment coefficients of the leaves of L. minor were found to be lower than 1.0 for all the metals. This study confirmed that L. minor could be established as not only as bio-indicator but a bioaccumulator for different sediments and waste water polluted by metals

SHEZA AYAZ KHILJI , FIRDAUS-E-BAREEN. (2016) Efficiency of Duckweed (Lemna minor L.) in Phytotreatment of Tannery Sludge, Biologia – Journal of Biological Society of Pakistan, Volume 62 (I), Issue 1.
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