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Oxidant effects on forest tree seedling growth in the Appalachian mountains

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Long range transport of episodic concentrations of O3 into the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia was recorded in the summer season of 1979 and 1980. Continuous monitoring of O3 indicated monthly averages of ≅ 0.05 ppm O3 and several periods averaged ≅ 0.08 ppm O3. Open-top chambers were used to test the effect of ambient doses of the pollutant on the growth of 8 planted forest tree species native to the area. Height growth was suppressed for all species at the end of the second growing season when grown in open plots (no chamber) and ambient chambers compared to those grown in charcoal-filtered air supplied chambers. Height growth trends of open < ambient chamber < filtered air chamber were consistent. Virginia pine and green ash were significantly taller (p=0.10) when grown within filtered air chambers. Tulip poplar and green ash manifested purple stippling on the adaxial leaf surface and sweetgum developed purple coloration under open or ambient chamber conditions; other species exhibited no visible injury.

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  1. Laboratory for Air Pollution Impact to Agriculture and Forestry, Department of Plant Pathology and Physiology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 24061, Blacksburg, VA, USA

    Stephen F. Duchelle, J. M. Skelly & Boris I. Chevone

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Duchelle, S.F., Skelly, J.M. & Chevone, B.I. Oxidant effects on forest tree seedling growth in the Appalachian mountains. Water Air Soil Pollut 18, 363–373 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02419424

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