Searching for efficient sink for air pollutants: Studies on Mangifera indica L.

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 107-114

  Bamniya, B R ^a   Kapoor, C S ^a   Kapoor, K ^a  

^a M L SUKHADIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Photos ynthetic pigments; Roadside pollution; Tree species

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; FORESTRY; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; ROADSIDES; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

AIR POLLUTANTS; AUTOMOBILE EXHAUST; MANGIFERA INDICA; ONE-WAY ANOVA; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANTED TREES; ROADSIDE TREES; TREE SPECIES;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

AIR POLLUTION; AUTOMOBILES; DATA PROCESSING; INDIA; LEAVES; MANGIFERA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENT; TOXICOLOGY;

MANGIFERA INDICA;

EID: 84862155439     PISSN: 1618954X     EISSN: 16189558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-011-0382-0     Document Type: Article

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