Assessing current and future ozone-induced yield reductions for rice and winter wheat in Chongqing and the Yangtze River Delta of China

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 707-709

  Liu, Feng ^a   Wang, Xiaoke ^a   Zhu, Yongguan ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; Ozone; Rice; Winter wheat; Yield

Indexed keywords

CHINA; CHONGQING; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; RICE; WINTER WHEAT; WINTER WHEATS; YANGTZE RIVER DELTAS; YIELD; YIELD LOSSES; YIELD REDUCTIONS;

HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; OZONE;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CROP YIELD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; OZONE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RICE; WHEAT; YIELD RESPONSE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; PLANT YIELD; RICE; SIMULATION; WINTER WHEAT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHINA; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ORYZA SATIVA; OZONE; RIVERS; TRITICUM;

ASIA; CHINA; CHONGQING; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE DELTA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 57049091589     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.09.012     Document Type: Article

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