1st Edition

Environmental Pollution and Plant Responses

Edited By Shashi Bhushan Agrawal, Madhoolika Agrawal Copyright 1999

    One of the most problematic issues confronting societies today is the massive transformations of the environment throughout the world. The challenge of maintaining a sustainable environment is the most pressing issue of our time.

    Global Climate Change and Crop Responses: Uncertainties Associated With the Current Methodologies - S.V. Krupa and J.V. Groth
    The Effects of Climate Change on the Behavior of Woody Perennials - C.J. Atkinson
    CO2 Enrichment of the Atmosphere and Water Economy of Plants - J. Heath and T.A. Mansfield
    Plant Responses to elevated CO2: A Perspective From Natural CO2 Springs - M. Bandiani, A. Raschi, A.R. Paolacci, and F. Miglietta
    UV Effects on Plants - M. Tevini
    Field Studies on Impacts of Air Pollution on Agricultural Crops - J.N.B. Bell and F.M. Marshall
    Air Pollution and Vegetation Damage in South America: State of Knowledge and Perspectives - A. Klumpp, M. Domingos, and M.L. Pignata
    Effects of Air Pollution on Plant Diversity - M. Agrawal and S.B. Agrawal
    Effects of Tropospheric Ozone on Woody Plants - K. Bortier, R. Ceulemans, and L. De Temmerman
    Extracellular Antioxidants: A Protective Screen Against Ozone?- T. Lyons, M.Plöchl, E. Turcsinyi and J. Barnes
    Early Detection Mechanisms of Tolerance, and Amelioration of Ozone Stress in Crop Plants - E.H. Lee
    Defense Strategies against Ozone in Trees: The Role of Nutrition - A.Polle, R. Matyssek, M.S. Gunthardt-Georg, and S. Maurer
    Use of Protective Chemicals to Assess the Effects of Ambient Ozone on Plants - W.J. Manning
    Sources, Atmospheric Transport and Sinks of Tropospheric Nitrous and Nitric Acids - R. Zimmerling and U. Dämmen
    Effects of Sulfur Dioxide and Acid Deposition on Chinese Crops - C. Hongfa, J. Shu, Y. Shen, Y. Gáo, and L. Zhang
    The Use of Calibrated Passive Monitors to Assess Crop Loss Due to Ozone in Rural Locations - V.C. Runeckles and P.A. Bowen
    Wild Plant and Crop Plant Species for "in situ" Microspore Analysis of a Polluted Environment - G. Murin and K. Mieieta
    Phytomonitoring in Industrial Areas - S.B. Chaphekar
    Statistical Baseline Values for Chemical Elements in the Lichen Hypogymnia physodes - J.P. Bennet
    Monitoring Air Pollutant Deposition in the Arctic with a Lichen by Means of Microscopy and Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Microanalysis: A Case Study - R.Crang
    Phytochelation and Metal Tolerance -R.K. Mehra and R.D. Tripathi

    Biography

    Agrawal\, Shashi Bhushan; Agrawal\, Madhoolika

    Winner of a Choice magazine's Outstanding Academic Title award, January 2001
    -D. F. Karnosky, Michigan Technological University