Effects of Gaseous Air Pollution in Agriculture and Horticulture

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Proceedings of Previous Easter Schools in Agricultural Science, published by Butterworths, London, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
PREFACE, Pages v-vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Page vii
1 - AIR POLLUTANTS IN AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE, Pages 3-26
2 - BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS OF AIR POLLUTION, Pages 27-42
3 - EXPOSURE TO GASEOUS POLLUTANTS AND UPTAKE BY PLANTS, Pages 43-63
4 - EFFECTS OF SULPHUR DIOXIDE ON PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES IN PLANTS, Pages 67-91
5 - OXIDES OF NITROGEN AND THE GREENHOUSE ATMOSPHERE, Pages 93-112
6 - VARIATION IN PLANT RESPONSE TO OZONE: A CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF PHYSIOLOGICAL EVENTS, Pages 113-138
7 - PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES OF PLANTS TO FLUORINE, Pages 139-167
8 - EFFECTS OF SO2 AND NO2 ON METABOLIC FUNCTION, Pages 169-187
9 - EFFECTS OF OXIDANTS ON METABOLIC FUNCTION, Pages 189-203
10 - EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTANTS ON FLOWERING AND FRUITING, Pages 207-223
11 - SULPHUR DIOXIDE AND THE GROWTH OF GRASSES, Pages 225-246
12 - EFFECTS OF SULPHUR DIOXIDE ON THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL CROPS, Pages 247-265
13 - THE EFFECTS OF FLUORIDES ON PLANT GROWTH AND FORAGE QUALITY, Pages 267-291
14 - OZONE AND THE GROWTH AND PRODUCTIVITY OF AGRICULTURAL CROPS, Pages 293-304
15 - AIR POLLUTANT INTERACTIONS IN MIXTURES, Pages 307-331
16 - INTERACTIONS BETWEEN AIR POLLUTANTS AND PARASITIC PLANT DISEASES, Pages 333-348
17 - MINERAL NUTRITION AND PLANT RESPONSE TO AIR POLLUTANTS, Pages 349-375
18 - EVOLUTION OF RESISTANCE TO GASEOUS AIR POLLUTANTS, Pages 379-409
19 - FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN AIR POLLUTION RESEARCH, Pages 411-435
20 - TOWARDS AN UNDERSTANDING OF PLANT RESPONSES TO POLLUTANTS, Pages 437-446
CONCENTRATIONS OF SULPHUR DIOXIDE, OXIDES OF NITROGEN AND OZONE IN AIR AT RURAL SITES IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, Pages 449-451
A NEW METHOD FOR EXPOSURE OF FIELD CROPS TO SULPHUR DIOXIDE, Pages 452-453
DESIGN OF PLANT EXPOSURE RIG TO MEASURE PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO NOXIOUS GASES FROM COMBUSTION SOURCES, Page 454
AN EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN FOR STUDYING THE EFFECTS OF FLUCTUATING CONCENTRATIONS OF SO2 ON PLANTS, Pages 455-457
EFFECTIVE POLLUTANT DOSE, Pages 458-460
DEPOSITION OF NITROGEN OXIDES TO SCOTS PINE (PINUS SYLVESTRIS L.), Page 461
A QUANTITATIVE STUDY OF THE FATE OF SULPHUR DIOXIDE DEPOSITED ON TO PLANTS, Page 462
THE SULPHUR BALANCE OF AN AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT, Page 463
LEACHING OF PLANT NUTRIENTS BY RAIN, Page 464
LOSS OF FLUORIDES FROM GRASS SWARDS AND OTHER SURFACES, Page 465
THE USE OF INDICATOR PLANTS FOR PHOTOCHEMICAL OXIDANTS IN DENMARK, Pages 466-467
ACUTE AND SUBACUTE DAMAGE TO VEGETATION BY AMMONIA FOLLOWING ACCIDENTAL POLLUTION, Pages 468-469
OZONE INJURY TO WHITE BEAN (PHASEOLUS VULGARIS L.) IN SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO, CANADA: CORRELATION WITH OZONE DOSE, PAN EVAPORATION, PLANT MATURITY AND RAINFALL, Pages 470-471
RECENT RESEARCH ON RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN AIR POLLUTION AND PLANTS IN CHINA, Pages 472-473
THE RELATIVE SENSITIVITIES OF CONIFER POPULATIONS TO SO2 IN SCREENING TESTS WITH DIFFERENT CONCENTRATIONS OF SULPHUR DIOXIDE, Pages 474-475
STUDIES OF FLUORIDE POLLUTION IMPACT ON CONIFEROUS FORESTS, Pages 476-477
SELECTION OF PLANTS RESISTANT, ABSORPTIVE AND SENSITIVE TO AIR POLLUTANTS, Page 478
INFLUENCE OF AERIAL POLLUTION ON CROP GROWTH AND YIELD, Pages 479-480
FIELD TRIALS AND OPEN-TOP CHAMBER STUDIES OF THE INFLUENCE OF SULPHUR DIOXIDE ON THE GROWTH OF RYEGRASS, Page 481
OZONE EFFECTS ON POLLEN-TUBE GROWTH IN VIVO AND IN VITRO, Page 482
SOME EFFECTS OF LOW CONCENTRATIONS OF SO2 AND/OR NO2 ON THE GROWTH OF GRASSES AND POPLAR, Pages 483-485
AN INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF FLUORIDE ON SELECTED MOSS SPECIES, Pages 486-488
THE INFLUENCE OF ELEVATED ATMOSPHERIC CO2 AND SO2 ON THE GROWTH AND PHOTOSYNTHESIS OF EARLY SUCCESSIONAL SPECIES, Pages 489-491
INJURIOUS EFFECTS OF LOW CONCENTRATIONS OF SO2 AND O3 ON THE LEAF SURFACES AND STOMATAL CONDUCTANCES OF FIELD BEAN, Pages 492-493
EFFECTS OF OZONE AND OZONE/SULPHUR DIOXIDE ON THE GAS EXCHANGE OF VICIA FABA L., Pages 494-495
EFFECTS OF OZONE AND SULPHUR DIOXIDE ON SOYBEANS, Pages 496-498
COMBINED EFFECTS OF SALT (NaCl) AND AIR POLLUTION (SO2) STRESS ON CUCUMIS PLANTS, Pages 499-500
EFFECTS OF H2S ON WATER-EXTRACTABLE SULPHYDRYL CONTENT OF CROP PLANTS, Page 501
THE EFFECT OF SULPHITE ON LIGHT ACTIVATION OF FRUCTOSE 1,6-BIS-PHOSPHATASE IN SOYBEAN CHLOROPLASTS, Pages 502-504
THE CORRELATION BETWEEN SO2 SUSCEPTIBILITIES OF PLANTS AND pH OF LEAF SAP, Pages 505-506
STUDIES ON THE MECHANISM OF SO2 INJURY IN PLANTS, Pages 507-508
APPENDIX 1 - LATIN AND COMMON NAMES USED IN THE TEXT AND THEIR COMMON AND LATIN NAME EQUIVALENTS, Pages 509-512
APPENDIX 2 - UNITS, PHYSICAL PROPERTIES AND CONVERSION FACTORS, Pages 513-515
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS, Pages 517-521
INDEX OF SPECIES WITH POLLUTANTS, Pages 523-527
SUBJECT INDEX, Pages 529-532