Tropospheric ozone: A menace for crops and natural vegetation in Greece

Italian Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-77

  Saitanis, Costas ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bel W3; Bioindicators; Biomonitoring; Photochemical pollution; Pine forest

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; VITACEAE;

EID: 63249083693     PISSN: 11254718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ija.2008.71     Document Type: Article

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