Interactions of gaseous-pollutant and acid-rain effects

Conference · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:6330963

Shriner, D S

This research addresses the significance of individual and combined effects of gaseous pollutants and acid rain on plant growth and development. It is specifically structured to determine the importance of pollutant interactions at concentrations, combinations and exposure frequencies typical of the eastern regional environment. Laboratory, greenhouse, and field studies are designed to establish pollutant-concentration thresholds for damage from SO/sub 2/, O/sub 3/, NO/sub x/, and acid rain. Research to date has determined visible-injury thresholds and growth-and-yield thresholds for a variety of cultivars of bean, wheat, radish, tomato, and loblolly pine. The thresholds vary within cultivars of a species and between species.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• OSTI ID: 6330963
• Report Number(s): CONF-830216-4; ON: DE83009127
• Resource Relation: Conference: Acid rain program review meeting, Raleigh, NC, USA, 21 Feb 1983; Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACID RAIN
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
NITROGEN OXIDES
OZONE
PLANT GROWTH
SENSITIVITY
SULFUR DIOXIDE
BEANS
GASEOUS WASTES
PINES
RADISHES
SYNERGISM
TOMATOES
WHEAT
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
CEREALS
CHALCOGENIDES
CONIFERS
FOOD
GRAMINEAE
GRASS
GROWTH
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLANTS
RAIN
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR OXIDES
TREES
VEGETABLES
WASTES
500200* - Environment
Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)