Significance of leaf surface characteristics in plant responses to air pollution

Varshney, C.K.; Garg, K.K. . School of Environmental Sciences

Significance of leaf surface characteristics in plant responses to air pollution

1980

Varshney, C.K. | Garg, K.K. (Jawaharlal Nehru Univ., New Delhi (India). School of Environmental Sciences)

Plant responses to air pollution were found to vary with type of leaf vesture. Considerable reduction in leaf area, leaf biomass, total plant biomass and chlorophyll content was observed in plants having pilose or pubescent leaf surface as compared to plants with glabrescent leaf surface. The study shows the importance of leaf vesture in determining response of plants to air pollution.

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