Environmental Pollution and Plant Responses

ISBN-13: 9781566703413 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 408 str.

Shashi Bhushan Agarwal; Madhoolika Agrawal; Shashi Bhushan Agrawal

Opis

One of the most problematic issues confronting societies today is the massive transformations of the environment throughout the world. The challenge of maintaining a sustainable environment is the most pressing issue of our time.

Recenzje

Winner of a Choice magazine's Outstanding Academic Title award, January 2001
-D. F. Karnosky, Michigan Technological University

Spis treści

Global Climate Change and Crop Responses: Uncertainties Associated With the Current Methodologies. The Effects of Climate Change on the Behavior of Woody Perennials. CO2 Enrichment of the Atmosphere and Water Economy of Plants. Plant Responses to Elevated CO2: A Perspective From Natural CO2 Springs. UV Effects on Plants. Field Studies on Impacts of Air Pollution on Agricultural Crops. Air Pollution and Vegetation Damage in South America: State of Knowledge and Perspectives. Effects of Air Pollution on Plant Diversity. Effects of Tropospheric Ozone on Woody Plants. Extracellular Antioxidants: A Protective Screen Against Ozone? Early Detection Mechanisms of Tolerance, and Amelioration of Ozone Stress in Crop Plants. Defense Strategies against Ozone in Trees: The Role of Nutrition. Use of Protective Chemicals to Assess the Effects of Ambient Ozone on Plants. Sources, Atmospheric Transport and Sinks of Tropospheric Nitrous and Nitric Acids. Effects of Sulfur Dioxide and Acid Deposition on Chinese Crops. The Use of Calibrated Passive Monitors to Assess Crop Loss Due to Ozone in Rural Locations Wild Plant and Crop Plant Species for "in situ" Microspore Analysis of a Polluted Environment. Phytomonitoring in Industrial Areas. Statistical Baseline Values for Chemical Elements in the Lichen Hypogymnia physodes. Monitoring Air Pollutant Deposition in the Arctic with a Lichen by Means of Microscopy and Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Microanalysis: A Case Study. Pytochelatins and Metal Tolerance.


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O autorze

Agrawal\, Shashi Bhushan; Agrawal\, Madhoolika