PJB-2009-336
GROWTH OF LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA (LAM.) DE-WIT IN DIFFERENT SOIL COMPOSITIONS OF KORANGI AND LANDHI INDUSTRIAL AREAS OF KARACHI, PAKISTAN
SYED ATIQ-UR-REHMAN1 AND MUHAMMAD ZAFAR IQBAL2
Abstract
The growth of Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de-Wit., were studied in soils collected from four sites viz., Khan Towel, Tanveer Garment, One Tech Rubber and One Tech Ply Board factories in the vicinity of Korangi and Landhi industrial areas under natural environmental conditions. L. leucocephala plants grown in 25, 50 and 75% soils of all of the industries demonstrated reductions in many of the growth parameters as compared to plants grown in Garden soil. Principally, 75% Khan Towel factory soil and 50% other factories soils exhibited great inhibition in most of growth characters than Garden soil. Plant cover, leaves and leaflets numbers, leaf area, leaf, total plant dry weights and root/shoot ratio were noticeably suppressed (p
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