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Effect of ozone stress on different stages of plant growth, yield and foliar emission of VOCs in some crop plants

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Title Effect of ozone stress on different stages of plant growth, yield and foliar emission of VOCs in some crop plants
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Contributor Varshney, C K
 
Subject Environmental science
plant growth
ozone stress
VOCs
crop plants
foliar emission
 
Description Surface ozone is one of the most damaging phytotoxic air pollutant causing serious
newlinedamage to agriculture crops, trees and natural ecosystems. In present study elevated
newlinesurface ozone levels, in confirmation of previous observations have been reported from
newlineDelhi and environs. Surface ozone build up is likely to further increase in future because
newlineof growing emission of precursors from different sources in Delhi and elsewhere.
newlineVarious controlled as well as field dose response studies on elevated surface ozone
newlinelevels have shown its adverse effects on growth and yield of crops. Response of crops to
newlineelevated surface ozone levels varies throughout their lifespan also. In USA and
newlineEuropean countries some studies have shown variations in different crop growth stages
newlineresponse to ozone stress, but compared to dose response studies very few studies shed
newlinelight on this aspect i.e., shifts in ozone sensitivity of crops with their growth stages. In
newlineIndia also systematic studies have not been attempted with respect to the effect of
newlinesurface ozone at different growth stages of crops.
newlineThe present study was undertaken to determine the effect of ozone stress on different
newlinegrowth stages of maize (Zea mays var.Ganga safed), potato (Solanum tuberosum
newlinevar.Kufri jyoti), radish (Raphanus sativus var. Pusa chetaki) and tomato (Lycopersicon
newlineesculentum var. Pusa ruby). Each crop at three different growth stages exposed to two
newlinedifferent levels of ozone for 12 days and 2 hour per day. During the exposures crops
newlinewere monitored for appearance of ozone injury symptoms and except maize in all three
newlinecrops, visible ozone injury symptoms were appeared. For observing differences in
newlinegrowth and yield performance, unexposed and exposed plants were harvested twice for
newlineeach treatment. Half of the unexposed and exposed plants of each growth stage were
newlineharvested (Harvest I) immediately following 12 days of ozone exposure and, finally at
newlinematurity(Harvest II), remaining half of the unexposed and exposed plants of each
newlinegrowth stage were harvested.
Bibliography p.111-126
 
Date 2013-12-30T09:46:02Z
2013-12-30T09:46:02Z
2013-12-30
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2008
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Type Ph.D.
 
Identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10603/14308
 
Language English
 
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Rights university
 
Format 126p.
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Coverage Environmental science
 
Publisher Delhi
Jawaharlal Nehru University
School of Environmental Sciences
 
Source INFLIBNET