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Effect of Air Pollutants on Plant Gaseous Exchange Process: Effect on Stomata and Respiration

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Plant Responses to Air Pollution

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Air pollution has become an extremely serious problem. Air pollutants affect both plants and animals. Under polluted conditions, plants develop different physiological, morphological and anatomical changes. Pollutants cause damage to cuticular waxes by which then they enter the leaves through stomata. This further leads to injury to plants which can be either acute or chronic. Changes in stomata due to air pollutants which seem to be small can be of great consequence with respect to survival of the plant during stress. These effects can further lead to disturbing the water balance of leaf or whole plant. Respiration also gets affected because of the exposure of plants to air pollutants. The present paper deals with the effect of air pollutants on stomata as well as on respiration leading to affect gaseous exchange.

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Gupta, A. (2016). Effect of Air Pollutants on Plant Gaseous Exchange Process: Effect on Stomata and Respiration. In: Kulshrestha, U., Saxena, P. (eds) Plant Responses to Air Pollution. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1201-3_8

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