Biochemistry And Microbial Sciences - Master Dissertation

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    Nutrient Analysis of Two Chickpea Cultivars Grown in Local Soil and Treated with Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria from Bathinda Region
    (Central University of Punjab, 2018) Dogra, Nitin; Wusirika, Ramakrishna
    The bacteria found near plant roots are known to affect plant and soil health. Several important characteristics, such as biological nitrogen fixation, phosphate solubilization and production of siderophores and phytohormones are together called plant growth promoting (PGP) traits. In the current study, the plant growth promoting activity of five bacterial strains, Pseudomonas citronellis (PC), Pseudomonas sp. RA6, S2, Serratia marcescens CDP-13 and Symbion-K (Frateuria aurantia) were observed on chickpea varieties PBG1 and PBG5, grown in pots containing soil collected from Central University of Punjab city campus. The plants were harvested after 30 days and shoot length, root length, plant biomass and nutrient content of shoots were evaluated.
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    Estimation of heavy metals in human blood samples- To evaluate immunotoxic correlation with health risk in local population of Malwa region of Punjab
    (Central University of Punjab, 2018) Padhi, Padhi; Jain Manju
    Elements play a significant role in the human body for growth, development, and metabolism. But there are certain heavy metals which adversely affect the various processes of the biological system. A certain amount of different heavy metals is tolerable but above the optimum level, these have a drastic effect on the body. In this work, we evaluated the concentrations of specific heavy metals - Copper, Arsenic, Cadmium, and Lead in human blood. The study area chosen is Malwa region of Punjab specifically Bathinda, as the area is reported to have heavy metal contamination in groundwater and soil which enter the food chain. There is no single study demonstrating the presence of heavy metals in blood samples of subjects in the study area and its possible correlation with high incidence of various diseases reported in the region. In our work, we have analyzed the concentration of four heavy metals- Copper, Arsenic, Cadmium and Lead in whole blood samples collected from susceptible and diseased individuals from study area using ICP- MS. Our preliminary data show that the concentration of arsenic and the lead was higher in the diseased group compared to the susceptibility group. Presence of these two heavy metals in blood found to be above the permissible limits can be the possible reason for high disease incidence in the study area.