Efficacy of plant biomass Leucaena leucocephala and Albizia amara for degradation of textile navy blue dye simulated in Virgin-red soil
Abstract Phytoremediation a green initiative is one of the major process involved in Phytotechnology. Phytoremediation of textile dye contaminated soil faces a particular challenge which uses plants and their associated rhizospheric microorganisms to remove pollutants from contaminated sites. Unlike other contaminants, dye cannot be degraded. Commonly, decontamination of dye contaminated soils requires the removal of toxic substances. Textile dye discharges pollutes the fertile cultivated land day by day and thus occurs the loss of vegetation, hence an ecofriendly method phytoremediation was carried out to minimise risk of causing the other chemicals for cleaning method to avoid environmental risk as well as health. Recently, phytostabilisation a plant based technologies, the use of plants to extract toxic organic substances from contaminated soils, has emerged as a cost-effective, environment-friendly cleanup alternative. The aim of the present research work is to identify the efficacy of plant biomass Leucaena leucocephala and Albizia amara to remove dye contamination from textile navy blue simulated soils and discusses the effects of agronomic practices on these processes. In this study the two different source of plant is used as biomass so as to minimise the exploitation of using a single source. This were evaluated using the parameters biometric evaluation, biochemical estimation, stress markers, estimation of DNA and DNA profiling by Agarose gel electrophoresis. Challenges progress in the field is hindered by lack of understanding of complex interactions in the rhizosphere and plant based mechanisms which allow dye translocation and chemical accumulation in plants. This research concludes with suggestions for future phytoremediation research.