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Plant Responses to Air Pollution

This book focuses upon air pollution, types of air pollutants and their impact on plant physiological and biochemical systems. The book begins with a brief background on air pollution and continues with a discussion on different types, effects, and solutions to the pollution. The chapters that follo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Kulshrestha, Umesh (Editor ), Saxena, Pallavi (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Air Quality: Global and Regional Emissions of Particulate Matter, SOx and NOx
  • 3. Urban Air Pollutants and their Impact on Biota
  • 4. Mechanisms of Plant Uptake and Distribution of Pollutants
  • 5. Role of Global Warming and Plant Signalling in BVOCs Emissions
  • 6. Biochemical Effects of Air Pollutants on Plants
  • 7. Effects on Photosynthetic Machinery of Plants
  • 8. Effect of Air Pollutants on Plant Gaseous Exchange Process: Effect on Stomata and Respiration
  • 9. Variations in Plant Respiration in Response to Ozone Exposure
  • 10. Air Pollution Stress and Plant Response
  • 11. Biomonitoring and Remediation by Plants
  • 12. Air Pollution Control by Policies and Laws
  • 13. Pollution and Plants: Changing Policy Paradigms.