Effect of factory effluents on physiological and biochemical contents of Gossypium hirsutum L.

The effect of sago and sugar factory effluents was studied on Gossypium hir sutum L. var. MCU 5 and MCU 11. Plants were irrigated with 0, 25, 50, 75 an d 100% of effluents of both factories. At lower concentration (25 %) of sug ar factory effluents had stimulatory effect on all biochemical contents obs erved. Moreover, all concentration of sago factory effluents were found to have inhibitory effect on all biochemical contents except proline content w hich increased with increasing concentration of both the effluents. Plants growing on adjacent to sago and sugar factories or they irrigated with such type of polluted water, may accumulate the heavy metals found in both the effluents, at higher levels in plant products and if consumed may have simi lar effect on living organisms.