Abstract: The investigation of vegetative growth of polluted samples of Barbula indica (hook.) Spreng were carried out along road 2, near the computer building along staff quarters on unplastered wall where exhaust fumes from vehicles is rampant and the unpolluted samples were collected in Biological Garden of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. This was with a view to comparing polluted and unpolluted samples in order to monitor their vegetative growth. The results from this study showed that B. indica have number of shoots and average number of leaves increased steadily for unpolluted samples in contrast to the polluted ones which decreased throughout the experimental periods. The average heights for both samples (polluted and unpolluted) investigated during the experimental period seldom exceeded 1.0 cm. There were significant differences at (p≤0.05) for the average number of leaves, heights and shoots with the unpolluted samples significantly higher than polluted samples of B. indica. It can be concluded that more shoots emerged from the base of plant and that pollution affected the vegetative growth of the plant.
Keywords: vegetative growth, innovations, polluted, unpolluted, moisture.
Title: Comparative Studies of Vegetative Growth of Barbula indica, From Polluted and Unpolluted Sites at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Author: Tolulope Victor BORISADE, Amos Morakinyo MAKINDE
International Journal of Life Sciences Research
ISSN 2348-313X (Print), ISSN 2348-3148 (online)
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