Final report to the California Air Resources Board under agreement ARB-287. Development of a system for evaluating and reporting economic crop losses caused by air pollution in California. I. Quality study

Technical Report · Tue Jul 31 04:00:00 EDT 1973

OSTI ID:5558803

Oshima, R J

The need for development of accurate air pollution crop assessment methodology has increased with public concern over our pressing environmental problems. In order to keep pace with the demands of our increasing population, great efforts have been made to increase agricultural production. Yet, Federal, State, and County agencies have been unable to make an adequate assessment of crop losses caused by air pollutants. The lack of basic information relative to the effects of air pollutants on crops has prevented standardization of assessments and has raised questions as to the accuracy and value of past efforts. Some of the major problems confronting attempts to assess the extent of air pollution-induced losses have been: (1) controlling the number of variables introduced by the geographical size of agricultural production areas, (2) the lack of sufficient research on agricultural crop varieties to determine loss criteria applicable to field conditions, and (3) the enormous expense of establishing and maintaining controlled experiments under field conditions. This paper deals with the problems of economic crop loss assessments. 9 references, 86 figures, 19 tables.

• Research Organization: California Dept. of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5558803
• Report Number(s): PB-235836
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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BACTERIA
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BRASSICA
CALIFORNIA
CARROTS
CEREALS
CROPS
ESTERS
FEDERAL REGION IX
FOOD
FRUITS
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INJURIES
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LETTUCE
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MAIZE
MICROORGANISMS
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NITRIC ACID ESTERS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NORTH AMERICA
ORANGES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OZONE
PEROXYACETYL NITRATE
PHASEOLUS
PHOTOCHEMICAL OXIDANTS
PLANTS
POLLUTION
PRODUCTIVITY
RHIZOBIUM
STRAWBERRIES
TOMATOES
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