Leaf surface structure alterations due to particulate pollution in some common plants

Environmentalist

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-23

  Rai, A ^a   Kulshreshtha, K ^a   Srivastava, P K ^a   Mohanty, C S ^a  

^a CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Coarse particles; Morphological features; Particulate; Plant foliage; Ultra fine; Ultra structure; Urban dust

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CUTICLE; DICOTYLEDON; DUST; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; MICROMORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION EFFECT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ABELMOSCHUS; ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS; CELOSIA; CELOSIA CRISTATA; COLEUS; CYAMOPSIS; CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBA; GOMPHRENA GLOBOSA; IMPATIENS; IMPATIENS BALSAMINA; LOTUS; OCIMUM; OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; SOLANUM MELONGENA; SOLENOSTEMON SCUTELLARIOIDES; ZINNIA ELEGANS;

EID: 76549092231     PISSN: 02511088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10669-009-9238-0     Document Type: Article

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