Response surface methodology based optimization of cadmium and lead remediation from aqueous solution by water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes [Mart.] Solms) and its anatomical study

Vinod Kumar; Jogendra Singh; Pankaj Kumar

Response surface methodology based optimization of cadmium and lead remediation from aqueous solution by water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes [Mart.] Solms) and its anatomical study

2018

Vinod Kumar | Jogendra Singh | Pankaj Kumar

This experiment was performed to optimize the response surface methodology (RSM) based reduction of cadmium (Cd2+) and lead (Pb2+) from the aqueous solution and to study anatomical effects of Cd2+ and Pb2+ stress on stomata of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes [Mart.] Solms) during phytoremediation. Laboratory experiments were carried out to grow E. crassipes plants in six treatments of Cd2+ and Pb2+ viz., 0 mgL-1 (Control), 2 mgL-1, 4 mgL-1, 6 mgL-1, 8 mgL-1 and 10 mgL-1 in 25 liter capacity glass aquariums. A 2-factor central composite design (CCD) with total 25 experimental runs and the predictor regression model equation was applied to optimize the prime conditions for the Cd2+ and Pb2+ reduction. Different plant growth attributes viz., translocation factor; kinetic plant growth rate, fresh plant biomass and total chlorophyll content were also found highest up to 4 mgL-1 concentration of Cd2+ and Pb2+. Structural damage in the stomata of E. crassipes was evaluated under microscopic view and found that above 4 mgL-1 concentration of Cd2+ and Pb2+ in the medium, significant structural damage to the stomata of leaves of the E. crassipes occurred. The results of this study concluded that E. crassipes can remediate Cd2+ and Pb2+ from the medium more efficiently at 1.22 mgL-1 concentration and the developed model can be used to navigate the design space. Furthermore, the different plant growth attributes were also affected above 4 mgL-1 concentration of Cd2+ and Pb2+ in the medium.

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