Effect of irrigation with waste water on physiological properties and quality of jajmau area, Kanpur, (U.P.) India

Plants samples of field pea at different stages of plant growth were collected from Jajmau, Kanpur nagar; three village, each village have five different sites of irrigation (several irrigation, medium and low irrigation land category) about 20 years back. Plant samples were collected at different stages i.e. 100 days after sowing, pre-flowering, and post-flowering and maturity stages. Samples were analyzed by standard methods. Ni contents in grains are 3.07ppm,2.78ppm, 1.80ppm,:Cr contents in grains are 1.71ppm, 1.22ppm, and 0.81ppm, Pb contents in grains are 4.08ppm,3.40ppm and 3.01ppm; cd contents in grains are 1.83ppm, 1.34ppm and 0.91ppm in Shekhpur , motipur and Kishanpur villages of jajmau are of Kanpur respectively. The contents of heavy metals in field pea crop are more than their permissible limits (PFA India).