PJB-1984-17
Effect of phytotoxic air pollution on the amino acid content plants growing in Karachi area.
Fauzia ismail and
soaliha ahmed
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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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