Elemental analysis of sunflower root rots disease in different treated roots by using icp-oes method

Sunflower oil is widely used in cooking, food processing, cosmetics, pharmaceutical and chemical industries. Plants depend on some metals as micronutrients for human growth. In the present study, Four different sunflower varieties namely CO-4, CO-5, HYCO-2 and TCSH-1 are grown in different trial plots with three treatments viz., control (T1), chemical fertilizer (T2) and organic manure (T3). Trial plots roots are collected field wide using standard procedures. Roots are subjected to ICP-OES analysis and the elemental status (Na, K, Mg, Fe, Cu, Zn and Mn) of the disease roots are estimated and the results are discussed.