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Publication Type:
| Refereed |
Author(s): | Dueck, Th. A.;
Dil, E. W.;
Pasman, F. J. M. |
Author Affiliation: | Dept. of Plant Ecology and Ecotoxicology, Biological Laboratories, Free University, Postbus 7161, 1007 MC Amsterdam, The Netherlands. |
Title: | Adaptation of Grasses in the Netherlands to Air Pollution |
Source: | New Phytologist. Vol. 108, No. 2, February 1988, p. 167-174. |
Publishing Information: | Oxford, England |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Adaptation; Air pollution; Ammonia; Agrostis tenuis; Lolium perenne; Nardus stricta; Ozone; Sulfur dioxide; Nitrogen
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Abstract/Contents: | "In three separate experiments, the response of three populations of Agrostis capillaris L., Nardus stricta L., and Lolium perenne L., from areas differing in ambient air pollution concentrations, were examined in experimental fumigations using SO2, O3, NO2 and NH3. Growth of A. capillaris generally increased following the fumigations, except at the highest pollutant concentrations (120 ug m-3, alone or combined with 150 ug m-3 SO2 and 35 ug m-3 NO2). Growth of each population of N. stricta was stimulated by the SO2 and NH3 combination, but was significantly increased only in the populations originating from the most heavily polluted of the three areas. The growth of L. perenne was not inhibited by any air pollutant or combination of pollutants. Despite a low growth rate in clean air and a large amount of within-population variation, biomass production was significantly stimulated by the highest pollutant mixture. The response of each species to the experimental treatments depended in part on the location from which it originated. This site-dependent (population) response differed between species, suggesting that the selective processes induced by these air pollutant concentrations were insufficient for a clear-cut adaptation to gaseous air pollutants." |
Language: | English |
References: | 84 |
Note: | Summary as abstract. Tables |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Dueck, T. A., E. W. Dil, and F. J. M. Pasman. 1988. Adaptation of Grasses in the Netherlands to Air Pollution. New Phytol. 108(2):p. 167-174. |
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