Effect of lead and cadmium on germination and seedling growth of Leucaena leucocephala

摘要

A study was conducted to determine the effect of different concentrations of lead and cadmium onseed germination and seedling growth of Leucaena leucocephala . Seed were grown under laboratory conditions at25, 50, 75 and 100 ppm of metal ions of lead and cadmium. Both lead and cadmium treatments showed toxic effectson various growth indices of L. leucocephala. Increasing the concentration of lead to 75 ppm, significantly (p