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T1 INVESTIGATION OF THE AIR POLLUTION TOLERANCE INDEX (APTI) USING SOME PLANT SPECIES IN AHVAZ REGION
A1 A. Gholami
A1 A. Mojiri
A1 H. Amini
JF Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences
JO JAPS
SN 1018-7081
VO 26
IS 2
SP 475
OP 480
YR 2016
FD 2016/04/01
DO DOI NA
AB <p>Air pollution is one of the main environmental problems in many cities around the world. Controlling this kind of pollution is more complex than other environmental challenges. Many plants can absorb and save some of the environmental pollutants through their leaves. Therefore, air pollution tolerance index (APTI) was tested in polluted and blank areas in six plant species,namely,&nbsp;<em>Conocarpus</em>,&nbsp;<a id="OLE_LINK34" name="OLE_LINK34"></a><a id="OLE_LINK33" name="OLE_LINK33"></a><a id="OLE_LINK36" name="OLE_LINK36"></a><a id="OLE_LINK35" name="OLE_LINK35"></a><em>Myrtus</em><em>,</em>&nbsp;<em>Prosopis,</em>&nbsp;<em>Eucalyptus,</em>&nbsp;<em>Ziziphus,</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Lebbek</em>, which are abundant in the Ahvaz region during 2014. Dust deposition on leaf surfaces was determined to observe the extent of particulate deposition. The highest and the lowest deposition rates were observed in&nbsp;<em>Myrtus</em>&nbsp;(maximum 80.3 g.m-2 in polluted site) and&nbsp;<em>Lebbek</em>&nbsp;(minimum 10.7 g.m-2 in blank site), respectively. The APTI was calculated to be 4.97 for&nbsp;<em>Prosopis</em>, 5.25 for<em>&nbsp;Ziziphus</em>, 6.24 for&nbsp;<em>Lebbek</em>, 6.59 for&nbsp;<em>Conocarpus</em>, 6.77 for&nbsp;<em>Eucalyptus</em>&nbsp;and 7.80 for&nbsp;<em>Myrtus</em>&nbsp;in blank site and 4.57 for&nbsp;<em>Prosopis</em>, 4.82 for<em>&nbsp;Ziziphus</em>, 5.79 for&nbsp;<em>Lebbek</em>, 5.84 for&nbsp;<em>Eucalyptus</em>, 6.30 for&nbsp;<em>Conocarpus</em>&nbsp;and 7.21 for&nbsp;<em>Myrtus</em>&nbsp;in the polluted areaat the end of study. The APTI showed that&nbsp;<em>Myrtus</em>&nbsp;is resistant to plant pollution, whereas&nbsp;<em>Prosopis</em>&nbsp;is sensitive to plant pollution. In addition, the results of assessment of the above mentioned index showed that plants with higher APTI can be used as&nbsp;<a id="OLE_LINK2" name="OLE_LINK2"></a><a id="OLE_LINK1" name="OLE_LINK1"></a>reducers of pollution and plants with lower APTI can be used to measure air pollution.</p>
K1 Air pollution tolerance index, Total chlorophyll content, Relative water content, Ahvaz region
PB Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum
LK https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=2016-JAPS-64