EFFECT OF SAGO FACTORY EFFLUENT ON SEED GERMINATION AND SEEDLING GROWTH OF

The crisis of environmental pollution on account of essential industrial growth is due to the problem of discarding of industrial waste as well, whether solid, liquid or gaseous. Polluted water, in addition to other effects, directly affects soil not only in industrial areas but also in agricultural fields and rivers bodies and all ecosystems, thereby creating secondary source of pollution. Water resources are most often affected by industrial pollution. The sago factory effluent is a serious concern in throughout the salem district of Tamil Nadu. So the present investigation effect of sago factory effluent on germination and growth performance of eight varieties of Gingell