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Methods for Uptake and Assimilation Studies of Nitrogen Dioxide

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Gases in Plant and Microbial Cells

Part of the book series: Modern Methods of Plant Analysis ((MOLMETHPLANT,volume 9))

Abstract

Nitrogen dioxide is a major air pollutant, discharged into the environment from both natural and anthropogenic sources, although its background concentration in most localities is well below the concentrations reported to produce visible damage and death of plants (National Academy of Sciences 1971). The control of industrial NO2 emissions to the atmosphere has lagged behind that of other pollutants such as SO2. Several scientists have suggested the creation of green belts in urban and sub-urban areas to reduce the air pollution load, as plants have been found to be an efficient sink of air pollutants including NO2 (Hill 1971). The pollutants can diffuse into plant tissues through open stomata, as do CO2,02 and water vapour, although cuticular absorption also accounts for some pollutant removal from the atmosphere. Plants play a major role in regulating the concentration of CO2 and O2 in the air; they may also play an important role in removing air pollution.

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  2. Department of Biochemistry Waite Agricultural Research Institute, University of Adelaide, Glen Osmond, SA, 5064, Australia

    John F. Jackson

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Srivastava, H.S., Ormrod, D.P., Marie, B.H. (1989). Methods for Uptake and Assimilation Studies of Nitrogen Dioxide. In: Linskens, HF., Jackson, J.F. (eds) Gases in Plant and Microbial Cells. Modern Methods of Plant Analysis, vol 9. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83346-5_12

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