Protection of ash (Fraxinus excelsior) trees from ozone injury by ethylenediurea (EDU): Roles of biochemical changes and decreased stomatal conductance in enhancement of growth

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 464-472

  Paoletti, Elena ^a   Contran, Nicla ^b   Manning, William J ^c   Castagna, Antonella ^d   Ranieri, Annamaria ^d   Tagliaferro, Francesco ^e  

^a IPP CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^e IPLA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; European ash; Foliar nitrogen; Gas exchange; Shoot growth

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CHLOROPHYLL; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; FORESTRY; HEALTH; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; KETONES; NITROGEN; NONMETALS; ORGANIC ACIDS; OZONE; PLANTS (BOTANY); PORPHYRINS;

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; ASH TREES; BIOCHEMICAL CHANGES; BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHLOROPHYLL A FLUORESCENCE; ETHYLENE DIUREA; EUROPEAN ASH; FERTILISER; FOLIAR N; FOLIAR NITROGEN; GAS EXCHANGE; LEAF TISSUES; SHOOT GROWTH; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER POTENTIAL; WITH OR WITHOUT;

GASES;

ASCORBATE PEROXIDASE; ASCORBIC ACID; CHLOROPHYLL A; ETHYLENEDIUREA; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NITROGEN; OZONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA DERIVATIVE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHLOROPHYLL A; DECIDUOUS TREE; ETHYLENE; GAS EXCHANGE; INJURY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; ORGANIC ACID; OZONE; SHOOT GROWTH; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; UREA;

ARTICLE; FRAXINUS; GAS EXCHANGE; LEAF GROWTH; LEAF TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PLANT DAMAGE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT STOMA; PLANT WATER POTENTIAL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOLOGY; FRAXINUS; NITROGEN; OXIDANTS, PHOTOCHEMICAL; OZONE; PEROXIDASE; PHENYLUREA COMPOUNDS; PIGMENTATION; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANT STOMATA; PLANT TRANSPIRATION;

AIR POLLUTION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHLOROPHYLLS; CONDUCTIVITY; FERTILIZERS; FLUORESCENCE; FORESTRY; HEALTH; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; KETONES; NITROGEN; NONMETALS; ORGANIC ACIDS; OZONE; TISSUE CULTURE; TREES;

FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR;

EID: 50049121014     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.01.040     Document Type: Article

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