Effects of air pollutants on plants and information on research needs

Book · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1970

OSTI ID:6403903

Heggestad, H E

A review of air-pollution problems caused by gaseous and particulate pollutants on cultivated plants is presented. The problem of global air pollution is addressed, but evidence is lacking that global transfer of pollutants is sufficient to injure vegetation. However, movement of pollutants across state and national boundaries has caused serious vegetation problems. The combined effect of two or more gases can cause injury, when no visible injury developed after exposure to the individual gases. A discussion is included of the major atmospheric pollutants and their effects on plants. They are: ozone, peroxyacetyl nitrate, nitrogen dioxide, ethylene, sulfur dioxide, and fluoride. Areas of research needing the most attention are described.

• OSTI ID: 6403903
• 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.
AIR POLLUTION
ALKENES
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
CHALCOGENIDES
CROPS
DOCUMENT TYPES
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
ESTERS
ETHYLENE
FLUORIDES
FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
GLOBAL ASPECTS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROCARBONS
INFORMATION NEEDS
INJURIES
MASS TRANSFER
NITRATES
NITRIC ACID ESTERS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN DIOXIDE
NITROGEN OXIDES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORNAMENTAL PLANTS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OZONE
PARTICLES
PARTICULATES
PEROXYACETYL NITRATE
PLANTS
POLLUTION
REVIEWS
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES
SYNERGISM
TRANSFRONTIER POLLUTION