Abstracts
A pot culture experiment, conducted Jatropha curcas. (L.) to germination and seedling growth the metal cadmium was added in the form of cadmium chloride. Different concentrations of cadmium (C, 10, 20, 40, 60,100 and 200 mg kg-1 soil) were prepared and used for germination studies. Plants were grown up to 30 days. The inner surface of pots was lined with a polythene paper. Each pot contained 5kg of air dried soil. The 10 seeds were sown in each pot. All pots were irrigated daily. In the studies from the results obtained that the increase in cadmium concentration affected all the growth parameters such as germination percentage, length of root and shoot, number of leaves, fresh weight of root, shoot and leaf, vigour index and tolerance index.