Air pollution and the future of agricultural production

Conference · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1973 · Adv. Chem. Ser.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5195429

Heck, W W

Ozone and sulfur dioxide are presently the most pervasive air pollutants affecting agricultural production. They have a major impact on the growth and productivity of certain sensitive cultivated and native species of plants. These pollutants are a national problem around urban centers but are important in rural areas, particularly throughout the eastern US. The present information base is too diffuse to permit an accurate prediction as to the eventual impact on agricultural production. Management practices would permit us to live with present pollution levels, but a decrease in these levels would be beneficial to agricultural production. Doubling of present levels in the eastern part of the country could result in major yield reduction of important agronomic crops. Long term chronic studies of field problems are essential before an accurate assessment of the impact of air pollutants on agricultural production can be developed.

• Research Organization: North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh
• OSTI ID: 5195429
• Report Number(s): CONF-710343-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Adv. Chem. Ser.; (United States) Journal Volume: 122
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AGRICULTURE
AIR POLLUTION
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
CHALCOGENIDES
CROPS
ECONOMIC IMPACT
FEDERAL REGION IV
FORECASTING
INDUSTRY
NORTH AMERICA
NORTH CAROLINA
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OZONE
POLLUTION
PRODUCTIVITY
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES
USA