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Sulfuric acid rain effects on crop yield and foliar injury. Final report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6807546
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A study was undertaken to determine the relative sensitivity of major U.S. crops to sulfuric acid rain. Plants were grown under controlled environmental conditions and exposed to simulated acid rain of three sulfuric acid concentrations (pH 3.0, 3.5, 4.0) or to a control rain (pH 5.7). Injury to foliage and effects on yield were common responses to acid rain. However, foliar injury was not a good indicator of effects on yield.

Research Organization:
Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, OR (USA). Environmental Research Lab.
OSTI ID:
6807546
Report Number(s):
PB-80-151079
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Related Subjects

553000 -- Agriculture & Food Technology
560303* -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology-- Plants-- (-1987)
60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ACID RAIN
AIR POLLUTION
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
CROPS
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
FIELD TESTS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INJURIES
INORGANIC ACIDS
LEAVES
PLANT TISSUES
POLLUTION
PRODUCTIVITY
RAIN
SENSITIVITY
SIMULATION
SULFURIC ACID
TABLES
TESTING
TOXICITY