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Cultivar-Specific Response of Soybean (Glycine max L.) to Ambient and Elevated Concentrations of Ozone Under Open Top Chambers

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Two cultivars of soybean (Pusa 9814 and Pusa 9712) were investigated to evaluate the impact of ambient and elevated concentrations of ozone (O3) in a suburban site of India with and without application of 400 ppm ethylenediurea (EDU) in open top chambers having filtered air (FCs), non-filtered air (NFCs), and non-filtered plus 20 ppb O3 (NFCs + 20 ppb). Significant reductions were observed in various growth parameters, biomass accumulation, and yield attributes of soybean cultivars due to ambient O3 in NFCs and elevated concentration of O3 in NFCs + 20 ppb. Reductions in all parameters were of lower magnitude in plants treated with EDU as compared to non-EDU treated plants. Yield (weight of seeds plant−1) increased by 29.8% and 33% in Pusa 9712 and by 28.2% and 29.0% in Pusa 9814 due to EDU treatment in plants grown at ambient and elevated levels of O3, respectively. The results clearly showed that (a) EDU can be effectively used to assess phytotoxicity of O3 by providing protection against its deleterious effects, (b) EDU can be used for biomonitoring of O3 in areas experiencing its higher concentrations, and (3) EDU is more effective against higher concentrations of O3.

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The authors are thankful to the Head, Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University for laboratory facilities and to the Ministry of Environment and Forest, New Delhi for providing financial support for this work.

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Singh, S., Agrawal, S.B. Cultivar-Specific Response of Soybean (Glycine max L.) to Ambient and Elevated Concentrations of Ozone Under Open Top Chambers. Water Air Soil Pollut 217, 283–302 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-010-0586-7

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