PJB-1984-17
Effect of phytotoxic air pollution on the amino acid content plants growing in Karachi area.
Fauzia ismail and
soaliha ahmed
Abstract
The effect of air pollution on the
amino acid content of plants growing in Karachi area was studied. Igh amino acid contents were observed in area javanica , alstonia scholaris, cassia holoserica , ficus benghalensis, F. religiosa, guaiacum officinale , mangifera indica, murraya paniculata, nerium oleander , polyalthia longifolia
, prosopis juliflora, samanea saman
and trachelospermum lucidum growing at gurumandir and cement factory area as compared to those growing at Karachi university campus. Eucalyptus sp. And prosopis glandulosa showed a minimum difference in amino acid content suggesting some mechanism of resistance against pollution.
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