ABSTRACT
The contamination from heavy metals has risen during the last decade due to increase in Industrialization. This has led to a significant increase in health problems. Many of the known remediation techniques to remove heavy metal from soil are expensive, time consuming and environmentally destructive. Phytoremediation is an emerging technology for removal of heavy metals which is cost effective, and has aesthetic advantages and long term applicability. The present study aims at efficiently utilizing Brassica juncea L. to remove lead (Pb). The result of our study indicate that amount of lead in Indian mustard is increased with the amount of EDTA applied to the soil and maximum accumulation was achieved with 5mmol/kg of EDTA. On further increase in EDTA resulted in leaf necrosis and early shedding of leaves. Therefore EDTA at a concentration of 5mmol/kg was considered optimum for lead accumulation by Brassica juncea L.