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T Leon Stephan Raj Author

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Subjects of specialization
Botany

Affiliation
Department of Botany, St. Xavier

Biography

“Dr. T. Leon Stephan Raj is currently working as Assistant Professor in Botany at St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Palayamkottai, Tamil Nadu, India. He received his Doctoral degree or PhD on Plant Molecular Biology from the Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India. He completed his Masters in Botany at St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Palayamkottai, from Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli. Dr. Leon has authored several publications in various journals. His publications reflect his research interests in Plant Molecular biology, Plant systematics, Phytochemistry, Stress Physiology, Microbiology and Nanobiotechnology.

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Phytoaccumulation of Chromium and Copper by Mentha spicata L.

Author(s):

N Thivya, K V Srilakshmi, S Bhuvaneswari and T Leon Stephan Raj

Phytoaccumulation of Chromium and Copper by Mentha spicata L.

This paper reports a study of heavy metal absorption by Mentha spicata. M. spicata was grown in garden soil. The soil was treated with different concentrations (20 mg/l, 40 mg/l, 60 mg/l and 80 mg/l)of chromium and copper solutions. The effect of the application of the above two heavy metals was studied after 10 days of the treatment.Chromium and copper exerted toxic effects on the growth and physical parameters of Mentha spicata. M. spicata functioned as a hyper accumulator of chromium and copper. The results indicated that the reduction of growth parameters was inversely related to concentration of the heavy metals.<... view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2329-955X.1000118

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