Morphological response of Cicer arietinum exposed to paper mill effluent

The present study was conducted to assess the effect of different concentrations (control, 25, 50, 75 and 100%) of paper mill effluent on some morphological characters of Cicer arietinum. Result showed maximum growth promotion i.e., root length (3.8 cm), shoot length (10.0 cm) and increase in chlorophyll content (1.004 mg gm(-1)) at 50% effluent concentration after 21 days. However, at higher effluent concentration growth parameters started decreasing. The study suggests that the effluent can be used safely for Cicer arietinum cultivation only after proper dilution up to a certain extent.