Plant Responses to Air Pollution

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kulshrestha, Umesh (Editor), Saxena, Pallavi (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Oxidative stress.; Plant ecology.; Plant physiology.; Climate change.; Air pollution.; Life Sciences.; Plant Physiology.; Oxidative Stress.; Plant Ecology.; Climate Change.; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.