Seasonal Variation of Leaf Dust Accumulation and Biochemical Parameters of Selected Plant Species Alongside the National Highway-7 in Sirmaur, H.P, India
Jyotsana Pandit1 * , Anil Sood2 , Satish Kumar Bhardwaj3 and Anish Kumar Sharma4
http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.12.2.26
The present study was carried out to assess the dust interception efficiency and impact of dust deposition on biochemical parameters of plant species growing alongside National Highway (NH-7) at Sirmaur, H.P, India. Plants are universal sink of CO2. The plant species selected for the study were Ficus roxburghii, Mallotus philippensis, Shorea robusta, Woodfordia fruticosa. The observed trend of dust accumulation was in the order Ficus roxburghii (38.30 mg m-2) > Shorea robusta (26.94 mg m-2),> Mallotus philippensis (22.31 mg m-2) > Woodfordia fruticosa (16.70 mg m-2). The present study revealed, that the leaf dust accumulation decreased with increasing distance from the national highway. Leaf dust accumulation was influenced by the seasons of the year with the maximum (30.70) in pre-monsoon and the minimum(21.42) in post-monsoon season.
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Pandit J, Sood A, Bhardwaj S. K, Sharma A. K. Seasonal Variation of Leaf Dust Accumulation and Biochemical Parameters of Selected Plant Species Alongside the National Highway-7 in Sirmaur, H.P, India. Curr World Environ 2017;12(2). DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.12.2.26
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Pandit J, Sood A, Bhardwaj S. K, Sharma A. K. Seasonal Variation of Leaf Dust Accumulation and Biochemical Parameters of Selected Plant Species Alongside the National Highway-7 in Sirmaur, H.P, India. Curr World Environ 2017;12(2). Available from: http://www.cwejournal.org?p=1012/
