The effect of air pollution on yield and quality of mung bean grown in peri-urban areas of Varanasi

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 169, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 239-254

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

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

India; Mung bean; Nitrogen dioxide; Ozone; Plant response; Seed quality; Sulphur dioxide; Yield

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); IMPURITIES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; URBAN PLANNING; VEGETATION;

INDIA; MUNG BEAN; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PLANT RESPONSE; SEED QUALITY; YIELD;

AIR POLLUTION;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CROP YIELD; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PERIURBAN AREA; POLLUTION EFFECT; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR MONITOR; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BIOMASS DISTRIBUTION; CROP; CROP PRODUCTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GAS; GERMINATION; HARVEST; INDIA; LEGUME; MUNG BEAN; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; POLLUTANT; RURAL AREA; SEED QUALITY; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTAR PRADESH; VARANASI;

VIGNA RADIATA; VIGNA RADIATA VAR. RADIATA;

EID: 29844435273     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-006-2237-6     Document Type: Article

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