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Vol.1 , No. 1, Publication Date: Sep. 22, 2014, Page: 6-17
: The Plant as an Efficient Alternative for Controlling Air Pollution with Inherent Advantages&description=The tree, Eugenia jambolana (L.) of family Myrtaceae is common around Udaipur city as roadside plant and as a part of forest flora. Its compact branches and closely arranged broad leaves, with shiny surface form enormous leaf area that helps for impingement, absorption and accumulation of air pollutants. All such characteristics help to reduce level of many air-borne pollutants to various extent and justify its role as scavenger. The tree has been identified as an efficient alternative to control air pollution, so it conserves natural atmosphere. It also has potential to save energy in varied forms and most economic means in terms of scientific approach. To investigate air pollution tolerance of the tree along with, its effect on metabolic activities with reference to concentration of air pollutants three sites were selected in polluted and unpolluted areas of the city. The quality of air in terms of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, respirable suspended particulate matter and suspended particulate matter along with biochemical parameters of the leaves, i.e., chlorophyll content, total carbohydrate, total protein, dust-capturing capacity, leaf size and enzyme activity were assessed. The data were subjected to analysis of variance, which gave significant values. The results as above support the finding that the investigated tree has better tolerance to air pollutants and have least requirements to grow naturally and as plantations. Our studies confirm that industries are the prominent sources of the elevated level of air pollutants around investigated sites beside vehicular pollution that affect flora, fauna and health of local population.&picture=http://www.aascit.org/aascit/decorators/img/journal/904.jpg)
| [1] | Chandra Shekhar Kapoor, Department of Environmental Sciences, Mohan Lal Sukhadia University, Udaipur-313001, Rajasthan, India. |
| [2] | Babu Ram Bamniya, Department of Environmental Sciences, Mohan Lal Sukhadia University, Udaipur-313001, Rajasthan, India. |
| [3] | Kamal Kapoor, Department of Botany, Mohan Lal Sukhadia University, Udaipur-313001, Rajasthan, India. |
The tree, Eugenia jambolana (L.) of family Myrtaceae is common around Udaipur city as roadside plant and as a part of forest flora. Its compact branches and closely arranged broad leaves, with shiny surface form enormous leaf area that helps for impingement, absorption and accumulation of air pollutants. All such characteristics help to reduce level of many air-borne pollutants to various extent and justify its role as scavenger. The tree has been identified as an efficient alternative to control air pollution, so it conserves natural atmosphere. It also has potential to save energy in varied forms and most economic means in terms of scientific approach. To investigate air pollution tolerance of the tree along with, its effect on metabolic activities with reference to concentration of air pollutants three sites were selected in polluted and unpolluted areas of the city. The quality of air in terms of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, respirable suspended particulate matter and suspended particulate matter along with biochemical parameters of the leaves, i.e., chlorophyll content, total carbohydrate, total protein, dust-capturing capacity, leaf size and enzyme activity were assessed. The data were subjected to analysis of variance, which gave significant values. The results as above support the finding that the investigated tree has better tolerance to air pollutants and have least requirements to grow naturally and as plantations. Our studies confirm that industries are the prominent sources of the elevated level of air pollutants around investigated sites beside vehicular pollution that affect flora, fauna and health of local population.
Keywords
Ambient Air Quality, Vehicular Pollution, Green Belt, Chlorophyll Pigment Analysis, Enzyme Activities, Morphological Changes
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