Effects of air pollution on plant life

Conference · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1956 · AMA Arch. Ind. Health; (United States)

OSTI ID:6438524

Adams, D F

A detailed review of the progress of research on the effects of sulfur dioxide hydrogen fluoride, and smog since 1950 is presented. Fluoride appears to be a cumulative phytotoxicant which may move through the plant vascular system to the leaf tip or margin and produce foliar necrosis upon accumulation of a threshold concentration. Evidence also points toward possible enzymatic inhibition. Sulfur dioxide and smog exposures result in foliar injury only if the rate of tissue absorption exceeds the rate at which the plant can effectively neutralize the toxic agent. Smog, however, can produce growth inhibition without producing visible injury, whereas sulfur dioxide does not produce this so-called invisible injury. Reference is made to a catalogue of common weeds according to their characteristic foliar response and susceptibility to a number of pollutants.

• Research Organization: Washington State Inst. of Tech., Pullman
• OSTI ID: 6438524
• Report Number(s): CONF-560402-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: AMA Arch. Ind. Health; (United States) Journal Volume: 14
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

560303* -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology-- Plants-- (-1987)
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AIR POLLUTION
BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS
CHALCOGENIDES
DISTRIBUTION
DOCUMENT TYPES
ENZYME ACTIVITY
FLUORIDES
FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
FOLIAR UPTAKE
GROWTH
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
INHIBITION
INJURIES
LEAVES
NECROSIS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES
PLANT GROWTH
PLANTS
POLLUTION
REVIEWS
SENSITIVITY
SMOG
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES
TISSUE DISTRIBUTION
UPTAKE
WEEDS