Abstract
A study was undertaken in the fields near a cement factory where the cement dust is the prime pollutant to the field crops and soils. Cement dust deposit varied with the distance from the kiln and fourth and fifth leaves of maize had comparatively more dust than the first three leaves from the top. The cement dust deposited plants showed a suppression in most of the characters like leaf size, number and size of cobs and plant height when compared to plants in non-polluted fields. On comparison with the physical characters of the soils from the control field the soil from cement dust polluted field showed a decrease in water holding capacity and pore space while thermal conductivity and specific heat were more. Artificial mixtures of red and black soils with cement dust showed similar trend as those of the field sample, the black soil being affected more seriously than the red soil.
Citation Formats
Parthasarathy, S, Arunachalam, N, Natarajan, K, Oblisami, G, and Rangaswami, G.
Effect of cement dust pollution on certain physical parameters of maize crop and soils.
India: N. p.,
1975.
Web.
Parthasarathy, S, Arunachalam, N, Natarajan, K, Oblisami, G, & Rangaswami, G.
Effect of cement dust pollution on certain physical parameters of maize crop and soils.
India.
Parthasarathy, S, Arunachalam, N, Natarajan, K, Oblisami, G, and Rangaswami, G.
1975.
"Effect of cement dust pollution on certain physical parameters of maize crop and soils."
India.
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title = {Effect of cement dust pollution on certain physical parameters of maize crop and soils}
author = {Parthasarathy, S, Arunachalam, N, Natarajan, K, Oblisami, G, and Rangaswami, G}
abstractNote = {A study was undertaken in the fields near a cement factory where the cement dust is the prime pollutant to the field crops and soils. Cement dust deposit varied with the distance from the kiln and fourth and fifth leaves of maize had comparatively more dust than the first three leaves from the top. The cement dust deposited plants showed a suppression in most of the characters like leaf size, number and size of cobs and plant height when compared to plants in non-polluted fields. On comparison with the physical characters of the soils from the control field the soil from cement dust polluted field showed a decrease in water holding capacity and pore space while thermal conductivity and specific heat were more. Artificial mixtures of red and black soils with cement dust showed similar trend as those of the field sample, the black soil being affected more seriously than the red soil.}
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volume = {17:2}
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title = {Effect of cement dust pollution on certain physical parameters of maize crop and soils}
author = {Parthasarathy, S, Arunachalam, N, Natarajan, K, Oblisami, G, and Rangaswami, G}
abstractNote = {A study was undertaken in the fields near a cement factory where the cement dust is the prime pollutant to the field crops and soils. Cement dust deposit varied with the distance from the kiln and fourth and fifth leaves of maize had comparatively more dust than the first three leaves from the top. The cement dust deposited plants showed a suppression in most of the characters like leaf size, number and size of cobs and plant height when compared to plants in non-polluted fields. On comparison with the physical characters of the soils from the control field the soil from cement dust polluted field showed a decrease in water holding capacity and pore space while thermal conductivity and specific heat were more. Artificial mixtures of red and black soils with cement dust showed similar trend as those of the field sample, the black soil being affected more seriously than the red soil.}
journal = []
volume = {17:2}
journal type = {AC}
place = {India}
year = {1975}
month = {Apr}
}