Seasonal variations in adaptational strategies of Beta vulgaris L. plants in response to ambient air pollution: Biomass allocation, yield and nutritional quality

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2010, Pages 353-363

  Tiwari, Supriya ^a   Agrawal, Madhoolika ^b   Marshall, Fiona M ^c  

^a Department of Botany   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomass allocation; NO2; Nutritional quality; O3; Open top chambers; SO2; Yield

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; DICOTYLEDON; GROWTH RATE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OZONE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

INDIA;

BETA VULGARIS; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS;

EID: 77953942477     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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