Effect of air pollution on peri-urban agriculture: A case study

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 323-329

  Agrawal, M ^a   Singh, B ^a   Rajput, M ^a   Marshall, F ^b   Bell, J N B ^b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Biomass; Crop plants; Impact; India; Peri urban agriculture; Yield

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION; BIOMASS;

GASEOUS POLLUTANTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PIGMENT; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CROP YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD PRODUCTION; PERIURBANIZATION;

AGRICULTURE; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; BEET; BIOMASS; BRASSICA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD QUALITY; HARVEST; INDIA; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MUNG BEAN; NONHUMAN; PLANT RESPONSE; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WHEAT;

INDIA; UTTAR PRADESH; VARANASI;

BETA VULGARIS; BRASSICA; BRASSICA RAPA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VIGNA; VIGNA RADIATA; VIGNA RADIATA VAR. RADIATA;

EID: 0042831339     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(03)00245-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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