Comparative in-vitro Studies on Native Plant Species at Heavy Metal Polluted Soil Having Phytoremediation Potential

In developing countries like India, most of our industries are at the preliminary phase and cannot manage to pay for as invest in waste matter management and pollution control due to little income edge. Enormous number of contaminants and waste materials containing heavy metals are disposed into the biosphere. Remediation of heavy metal contaminated sites using chemical or physical techniques is the most challenging task. Phytoremediation can be used as an alternative remediation and cleaning up techniques. The aim of our research was to identify some interesting accumulators which may associate an important biomass production with an effective absorption and translocation of heavy metals. Among the analyzed heavy metals, Cr had the highest concentrations in all the sampling sites, while Cd had the lowest concentrations. Sediment concentrations in the industrial area are characterized by the high values of Cr and Ni. For phytoremediation purpose Datura inoxia and Lantana camera were studied for in vitro culture and there parameters were compared. The present paper describes a prime and easy-to-use protocol for large scale production of plantlets through shoot tip culture of Datura inoxia, the plant having phytoremediation potential and the method is useful for the ex-situ conservation of other phytoremediational important species.