Effect Of Vehicular Pollution On Foliar Physiological  Characteristics Of Two Bushy Ornamental Plants Of  Kashmir Himalayas

F A Lone; S Yosuf; M A Khan; N Qureshi; N A  Kirmani; S A  Mir; R A Shah

doi:10.48165/

Authors

F A Lone Division of Environmental Sciences,S.K. University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, Srinagar, J&K, 191 121 ( India)
S Yosuf Division of Environmental Sciences,S.K. University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, Srinagar, J&K, 191 121 ( India)
M A Khan Division of Environmental Sciences,S.K. University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, Srinagar, J&K, 191 121 ( India)
N Qureshi Division of Environmental Sciences,S.K. University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, Srinagar, J&K, 191 121 ( India)
N A Kirmani Division of Soil Sciences, S.K. University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, Srinagar, J&K, 191 121 ( India)
S A Mir Department of Agri-Statistics, Faculty of Agriculture, SKUAST-K, Sopore, J&K - 193 201
R A Shah Department of Bio-Sciences, Jammia Millia Islamia, New Delhi - 110 025 (India)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/

Keywords:

Bushy ornamentals, Kashmir, physiological parameters, vehicular pollution

Abstract

The impact of vehicular pollution on foliar physiological sensitivities of two bushy ornamentals Abelia grandiflora Rehd. and Lagerstroemia indica L., growing in Srinagar (Kashmir), was assessed in year 2005 at two sites viz., Jahangir Chowk (highly polluted) and Jawahar Nagar (moderately polluted). The pollution stress significantly reduced chlorophyll a, b and total chlorophyll, N, P and K, total carbohydrate and ascorbic acid contents in plants but significantly increased proline content. Lagerstroemia indica was more vulnerable to air pollution than Abelia grandiflora.

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