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Investigating the Impacts of Microplastics on the Plants Growth in Agriculture Soil
Summary
Researchers investigated the effects of polyvinyl acetate (PVA) microplastics at concentrations of 0%, 0.5%, 1%, 1.5%, and 2% on the germination, growth parameters, and nutrient content of horse gram, green gram, and chili grown in agricultural soil. Higher PVA concentrations reduced germination percentage, seedling length, and vigor index, and caused significant reductions in boron and sulphur concentrations alongside decreased soil pH and chlorophyll a levels.
MP in the environment thrive for a long time and enter the ecosystem in vast amounts every day, microplastics pose a serious threat to the entire planet at the moment. The purpose of this study was to ascertain whether MP contamination affects plant development, the physical and chemical qualities of the soil, and soil metabolism. Several research databases about the identification and consequences of MP pollution of soil are available to evaluate its sources, impacts, mitigation, and global perspective. The effects of artificially spiked Poly Vinyl Acetate (PVA) micro plastics soil at different concentrations (0%, 0.5%, 1 %, 1.5%, 2%) on the growth parameters and nutrient contents of horse gram, green gram and chili grown soil. The germination percentage, seedlings length and vigor index was also reduced due to the presence of PVA particles which may be suspected to hinder the growth of the seeds, also the Boron and the Sulphur concentrations showed drastic reduction at higher concentrations of PVA micro plastics in green gram, horse gram and chili grown soil. Along with he reduced pH and Chlorophyll a due to the presence of PVA particles. Hence this study can help to focus on future need of remediation of micro plastics contaminated soil.
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