Effect of dyeing industry effluent on nucleic acids and stress compounds in Brinjal

Abstract

Chinnalapatti town is a well known as dyeing industrial place. These industries produce several tones of effluents containing toxic dyes and chemicals, which are discharged into river and land resources without proper treatment. These water sources are used for irrigation in the agricultural sector, facing great problems of crop loss and low yield. The present investigation was carried out to study the adverse impact of dyeing industry effluent when it is irrigated to the crop plants. Changes in nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) and stress compounds such as peroxidase, catalase, phenol and thiol content, proline and ascorbic acid of Brinjal and observed that leaves of the effluent treated plants showed drastic alteration in the all such nucleic acids and stress compounds. The deviation of all these biochemical constituents indicates the adverse effect of these pollutants on the normal physiology. Hence, measures can be taken to restrict the practice of irrigating untreated dyeing industry effluent on the most significant vegetable.