Author(s): Sonal Vishnoi, Manju Bala and Anu Godara

Abstract: The pot experiment was conducted by taking three bulk surface soil samples varying in textures. First sample was taken from the sand dune area of Balsamand Village of Hisar District to study the tolerance of heavy metals by different genotypes of Indian mustard crops. Second from the sewer water and sewage sludge polluted fields near the main disposal outlets behind main bus stand of Hisar to study uptake of Cadmium. The soil samples were air dried, grounded and passed through a 2 mm stainless steel sieve and was mixed thoroughly. The processed soil samples were used for laboratory and pot experiments. The pot experiment for heavy metal tolerance study was conducted, taking two crops viz., Indian mustard (three genotypes RH-819, Varuna and RH-9304) on Cd (@ 30, 60, 90, 120 and 150 mg kg^-1) spiked soil. The results concluded that availability of mean values of DTPA-extractable Cd increased significantly with increasing level of Cd. With the addition of chelating agents and FYM, the DTPA-extractable Cd decreased significantly as compared to where no chelates and FYM were applied and trend observed was control>FYM>NTA>EDTA>FYM+NTA>FYM+EDTA Indian mustard post harvested soils.

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