• Dileep kumar singh
• Dinesh Babu

The increased industrialization and urbanization have greatly deteriorated the environment by releasing the toxic substances and pollutants in the environment. Among the pollutants the industrial runoff primarily contain toxic heavy metals such as cadmium (Cd), arsenic (As), lead (Pb) and chromium (Cr) of which Cd toxicity and its accumulation in the environment has led to the environmental pollution thus leading to its toxicity and deterioration to the environment. Due to its elevated level the Cd contamination is leading to the damaging effect on plant system and the whole thing is dependent on the plant weather animals and human. Thus the mitigating approach is needed to release the stress situation thus the use of nanoparticle as a mitigating agent is practiced this days. Therefore the current study deals with the toxicity impact of Cd on Triticum aestivum evident from growth, pigment and oxidative stress and mitigating effect of ZnONPs against Cd toxicity.

Cadmium; growth; photosynthetic pigment and oxidative stress

"Exogenous application of zinc oxide nanoparticle (ZnONPs) alleviates the cadmium toxicity in Triticum aestivum ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 8, page no.492-500, August 2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2008367.pdf

"Exogenous application of zinc oxide nanoparticle (ZnONPs) alleviates the cadmium toxicity in Triticum aestivum ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 8, page no. pp492-500, August 2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2008367.pdf