Plant Responses to Air Pollution
| Autor: | Umesh Kulshrestha, Pallavi Saxena |
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| EAN: | 9789811012013 |
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | eBook |
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 02.08.2016 |
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| Schlagworte: | Air Pollution Biomonitoring by plants Climate Change Plant Health Stress Physiology |
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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 follow, explore the different effects of pollution on chloroplasts, respiration, biochemistry and physiology of plant cells. Moreover, it covers the basic concepts of atmospheric transport and transformations of pollutants, and issues of global change and the use of science in air pollution policy formulation. It also emphasises about the effects of air pollutants in altering plant response to common stresses, both abiotic and biotic - fields by giving the focus on the physiology of plant. This book act as a valuable tool for students in Environmental Science, Biological Science and Agriculture. It will be unique to environmental consultants, researchers and other professionals involved in air quality and plant related research.
During past few decades, air pollution and poor air quality have been the issues of common concerns. Degraded air has adverse effects on various system of plants by creating a stress which develops biochemical and physiological disorder in plants. Chronic diseases and/or lower yield have reported consequences of air pollution effect. A large number of biochemical and physiological parameters have been used to assess impact of air pollution on plant health. Photosynthetic machinery and respiratory system are the most affected domain of plants. However, the survival of plants depend on various internal and external factors such as plant community, types of air pollutants, geographical region, meteorological conditions and soil moisture etc. Plants respond to both biotic and abiotic stresses accordingly. Many tolerant plants survive easily even in higher air pollution region. Certain plant species absorbs selected gaseous air pollutants and hence plants are effective tool for air pollution remediation.
Dr. Umesh Kulshrestha is a Professor at the School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He received his Doctorate degree from Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra in 1994 and earned his postdoctoral experience at Stockholm University, Sweden and National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi. In 1998, he joined CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad as a scientist where he continued till 2008. He is having 20 years of Experience in the field of Aerosol Chemistry and Climate Change. His Area of Expertise includes Aerosol and precipitation chemistry relevant to climate change, Air pollution chemistry and transport, Atmospheric depositions and biogeochemical cycle, Air Pollution and Plant Health, Toxic metals in air and their possible health effects, Land-atmosphere interaction chemistry, Chemical analysis and method development for different types of samples, Greenhouse gases and climate change, Bioaerosols Carbonaceous aerosols. Prof. Kulshrestha is a recipient of START Young Scientist Award by IGBP-START, USA, Thomas Kuhn Honor Pin by IUAPPA and International Academy of Sciences, CSIR Young Scientist Award, and M S Krishnan Gold Medal by Indian Geophysical Union (IGU). Also, he is a Fellow of IGU. He has published a number of papers which have been widely cited. He has been associated with various international and national programs on atmospheric science including INDOEX, ABC, IGAC-DEBITS-CAD, CAAP, Surya and ICARB etc.
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