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

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:6807546

Lee, J J; Neely, G E; Perrigan, S C

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

Related Subjects

63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES
ACID RAIN
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
CROPS
PRODUCTIVITY
LEAVES
INJURIES
SULFURIC ACID
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
AIR POLLUTION
FIELD TESTS
PLANT TISSUES
SENSITIVITY
SIMULATION
TABLES
TOXICITY
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INORGANIC ACIDS
POLLUTION
RAIN
TESTING
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