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Utilization of heavy metal-rich tannery sludge for sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) cultivation

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Unlike food crops, essential oil-bearing crops in which the oil is extracted through hydro-distillation can be a suitable crop to be grown in heavy metal-polluted soils as the oil does not carry any heavy metal. In a field experiment conducted at CIMAP, Lucknow, India during 2011 and 2012, influence of six doses of tannery sludge viz 0, 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50 t ha−1 were tested, taking sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum) as the test crop. Maximum herb yield was obtained with the application of sludge at 20 t ha−1. While in root, accumulation of Cd and Pb increased significantly up to 20 t ha−1, Cr accumulation increased with increasing the dose of tannery sludge reaching maximum at 50 t ha−1. Essential oil yield of basil (Ocimum basilicum) was significantly affected due to sludge application. Quality of essential oil, in term of chemical constituents, however, was marginally influenced due to tannery sludge application.

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The authors are thankful to the Director, Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, India, for providing necessary facilities to carry out this research. They also thankfully acknowledge the help received from Dr. U. C. Lavania, Chief Scientist and Editor, Nucleus, for going through the manuscript for improving the English.

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    Sukhmal Chand, Shweta Singh, Vinay Kumar Singh & D. D. Patra

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Chand, S., Singh, S., Singh, V.K. et al. Utilization of heavy metal-rich tannery sludge for sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) cultivation. Environ Sci Pollut Res 22, 7470–7475 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-015-4446-2

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