Crops' responses to ozone in Mediterranean environments

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1438-1444

  Fagnano, Massimo ^a   Maggio, Albino ^a   Fumagalli, Ivano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crops; Italy; Mediterranean climate; Tropospheric ozone

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMIC RESPONSE; CROP RESPONSE; CROP YIELDS; CROPPING SYSTEMS; HYPEROSMOTIC STRESS; ITALIAN PENINSULAS; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENTS; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES; PHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS; PLANT ADAPTATIONS; SALINE STRESS; STOMATAL CLOSURES; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE; YIELD LOSS;

CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; OZONE; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; SALINE WATER; TROPOSPHERE;

CROPS;

ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE DIUREA; OZONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FARMING SYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; OSMOSIS; OZONE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER STRESS;

AGRONOMIC TRAIT; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL PROTECTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP; CROPPING SYSTEM; DOSE RESPONSE; DROUGHT STRESS; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; HYPEROSMOTIC STRESS; ITALY; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT YIELD COMPONENT; PRESSURE CHAMBER; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER SUPPLY;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AIR POLLUTANTS; CLIMATE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OZONE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 63249094694     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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