Crop Plants as Biological Tools for Assessing and Monitoring Agricultural Lands Inundated with Sewage and Sludge.

The article presents a study on the accumulation of micro and heavy metals, their uptake pattern, translocation in plants from the sites of deposition in the fields receiving industrial effluents and/or sewage sludge. Thirty two sites were selected to collect vegetables, cereals and oil crops growing on both sides of Kukrail drain adjacent to Lucknow city in India. Most of the tanneries discharge their treated and untreated waste effluents in this drain which is passing through the city. The drain water is also used for irrigation and cultivation of several field crop and vegetables. The effluents' of the drain is being used for this purpose for last several years.