Dust pollution monitoring by higher groups of plants near stone quarrying industry - A case study in Narasapura-Kolar District - Karnataka

Ecology, Environment and Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 283-285

  Naik, Paramesha ^a   Ushamalini, D ^a   Somashekar, R K ^a  

^a BANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Dust pollution; Monitoring by plants; Stone quarry

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BIOMONITORING; INDUSTRIALIZATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; QUARRYING; URBANIZATION; WATER CONTENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KARNATAKA; SOUTH ASIA;

TERMINALIA CHEBULA;

EID: 34848827097     PISSN: 0971765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Dedio, W. 1975. Canad, J.H. Sc. 55:369-378.
2. Fowler, D., Cape J.N., Nicolsonl,A., Kinnaird,J.W., Patterson I.S., 1980. The influence atmosphere on cuticle degradation in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) In: Drablos D, Tolln A (ed.) Ecological impact of acid precipitation. Proceedings of an International Conference, SNSF> Project, OSIO, Norway, 1980. p. 146.
3. Kumar,V.K. and Mahapatra, P.K.J. 1991. Coal mining impacts and their stake holders. Asian Approach, 37:271-283.
4. Maclachan, S. and Zalik, S. 1963. Plastid structure, Chlorophyll concentration and free amino acid composition of chlorophyll mutant of barley, Can. J. Bot, 41:1053-1062.
5. Mudd, J.B., Kozlowski, T.T. (ed). 1975. Responses of Plants to Air Pollution. Academic press, Newyork.
6. Mishra, P.N., Mishra, A.K., Williams, A-J., Dugays, D. and Benerjee, S.K. 1995. Biological reclamation of fly fish ash forest plantations, Env. Ecol. 13:11-14.
7. Pandey, D.D. and Kumar, S. 1996. Impact of cement dust pollution on biomass, chlorophyll, nutrients and grain characters of wheat. Environ & Ecol 14:872-875.
8. Qadir, M., Quereshi, R.H. and Ahamed, N. 1997. Reclamation of saline sodic soil by gysuno and leptochlora fusca. Geoderma. 74:207-217.
9. Singh, R.B., 2000. Monitoring of dust pollution by higher groups of plants around dust polluted habitats in Sonbhadra, Uttarpradesh. Ind. J. Enviro and Ecoplan 3(1):163-166.
10. Veatherly, P.E. 1950. Studies in the water relations of cotton plant. The field measurements of water deficits in leaves.