Biochemical responses in tree foliage exposed to coal-fired power plant emission in seasonally dry tropical environment

Sharma, Atul; Tripathi, B. D.

doi:10.1007/s10661-008-0573-2

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“…Joshi and Bora (2011) reported the impact of air quality on physiological attributes of certain plants. Our finding supports the works of Joshi and Swami (2007), Sharma and Tripathi (2009), and Joshi and Bora (2011), and our earlier work supports effectiveness of common tree species as pollution monitors in urban areas, prone to industrial and automobile pollution (Kapoor et al 2009a, b;Bamniya et al 2012a, b, c).…”

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“…High exposure of air pollutants forces chloroplasts to reach into an excess energy level which in turn increase the generation of electrons and induced oxidative stress (Woo et al 2007). Increases were observed in superoxide dismutase, peroxidase activity, sulfate, and leaf area to dry weight ratio and decreases in stomatal conductance, ascorbic acid, protein content, and total lipids, as a general response of all the plants in the polluted area (Sharma and Tripathi 2009). It appears that monitoring of antioxidant activities offers a useful tool in understanding the mechanisms which make plants relatively tolerant in field conditions.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Honour et al (2009) worked out responses of herbaceous plants to urban air pollution in terms of effects on growth, phenology, and leaf surface characteristics. Sharma and Tripathi (2009) carried investigations on some biochemical responses in tree foliage exposed to coal-fired power plant emission in seasonally dry tropical environment. Rai et al (2010) observed leaf surface structure alterations due to particulate pollution in some common plants.…”

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Efficient control of air pollution through plants, a cost-effective alternative: studies on Dalbergia sissoo Roxb

Kapoor

Bamniya

Kapoor

2013

Environ Monit Assess

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Plants can be used as both passive biomonitors and biomitigators in urban and industrial environments to indicate the environmental quality and to ameliorate pollution level in a locality. Many studies reveal that plants are negatively affected by the ambient levels of air pollutants. The present study was conducted to evaluate the impact of air pollution on comparative basis with reference to changes in photosynthetic pigments, plant height, leaves, as well as, biochemical parameters of plants of different sites around Udaipur city receiving varying levels of pollution load. The investigated tree species Dalbergia sissoo Roxb. (Family: Fabaceae) exhibited a reduction in various physiological and biochemical growth parameters that correspond with air pollution levels at different sites. The tree species growing in polluted and control areas were compared with respect to foliar dust load, leaf area, and chlorophyll and total carbohydrate and total protein concentration in the leaves. Our studies suggest that D. sissoo Roxb. can successfully be grown in an area for monitoring air pollution, where it is mild and droughts are common. It will prove as an ideal tree species to control pollution effectively beside acting as a shade tree and being a source of food for birds and animals. By plantation of D. sissoo Roxb., mitigative measure at the polluted sites to control generation of particulate matter and the air quality required can be ensured. Our results also confirm that industrial and vehicular air pollution level in Udaipur city is shifting beyond limits.

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Efficient control of air pollution through plants, a cost-effective alternative: studies on Dalbergia sissoo Roxb

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Bamniya

Kapoor

2013

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“…Similar results of poor yielding of crops and effect on soil and water were seen in some studies; it was due to fly ash which has high contents of heavy metals [12][13][14][15][16][17][18].…”

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Health Effects and Environmental issues in residents around Coal Fired Thermal Power Plant, Padubidri: A cross sectional study.

Adappa¹,

Tiwari²,

Kamath³

et al. 2017

J Environ Occup Sci

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Background: Coal-based thermal power plants have been found to deteriorate human health and environment by its releases. It can cause an impact on air, water, and soil. Thus, the present study was undertaken to assess the health status of the residents and environmental conditions in the area in the vicinity of thermal power plant. Materials and Methods: The present cross-sectional study included 408 residents in a 5 km radius around Padubidri thermal power plant. The information was gathered using interviewer-administered semi-structured questionnaire, measurement of peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) using peak flow meter, and environmental air monitoring using the DustTrak monitor. Results: It can be observed that majority of the participants were in the age group ≥45 years (50.7%) with the mean age of the participants being 43.08 ± 12.05 years. 82.8% were females and 17.2% were males. In a total of 408 study participants, 26.7% had cough, 16.7% had phlegm, 4.2% had wheeze, 6.6% had shortness of breath, and 1.5% had chest pain. 9.8% had allergic symptoms such as sneezing, eye irritation, and skin itching. Although the mean observed PEFR was lower in females, smokers, those residing very near to the plant, and those with respiratory and allergic symptom, the difference was statistically non-significant (P > 0.05). Conclusion: The present study highlights the presence of health problems, particularly respiratory and allergic symptoms among the residents in the vicinity of thermal power plant.

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“…Acid rain caused by air pollution is another factor to hurt plant individuals (Velikova et al, 2000). It acidifies the soil where many plants species are prone to absorb contaminants including heavy metals (Hajar et al, 2014;Singh et al, 2013), and damaged due to their morphological and anatomical changes (Thawale et al, 2011;Sharma and Tripathi, 2009;Mina et al, 2015). These plant species could be adopted as biological indicator to assess air pollution.…”

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Pollution resistance assessment of existing landscape plants on Beijing streets based on air pollution tolerance index method

Zhang

Liu

Chen

et al. 2016

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

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Biochemical responses in tree foliage exposed to coal-fired power plant emission in seasonally dry tropical environment

Cited by 49 publications

References 49 publications

Efficient control of air pollution through plants, a cost-effective alternative: studies on Dalbergia sissoo Roxb

Efficient control of air pollution through plants, a cost-effective alternative: studies on Dalbergia sissoo Roxb

Health Effects and Environmental issues in residents around Coal Fired Thermal Power Plant, Padubidri: A cross sectional study.

Pollution resistance assessment of existing landscape plants on Beijing streets based on air pollution tolerance index method

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