Breathing fresh air in the city: implementing avenue trees as a sustainable solution to reduce particulate pollution in urban agglomerations

M Mandal, R Popek, A Przybysz, A Roy, S Das… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
The issue of air pollution from particulate matter (PM) is getting worse as more and more
people move into urban areas around the globe. Due to the complexity and diversity of …

A review on air pollution monitoring and management using plants with special reference to foliar dust adsorption and physiological stress responses

SS Ram, S Majumder, P Chaudhuri… - Critical reviews in …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Air pollution has become a major environmental risk as far as public health is concerned. It
has been proposed that reduction in levels of air pollution may result in lessening of the …

Assessing adaptation and mitigation potential of roadside trees under the influence of vehicular emissions: A case study of Grevillea robusta and Mangifera indica …

H Singh, M Yadav, N Kumar, A Kumar, M Kumar - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The ever-increasing vehicle counts have resulted in a significant increase in air pollution
impacting human and natural ecosystems including trees, and physical properties …

Potential of thirteen urban greening plants to capture particulate matter on leaf surfaces across three levels of ambient atmospheric pollution

Y Li, S Wang, Q Chen - … Journal of Environmental Research and Public …, 2019 - mdpi.com
The potential of urban greening plants to capture particulate matter (PM) from the ambient
atmosphere is contingent on interactions between the level of pollution and leaf surfaces …

Particulate matter removal ability of ten evergreen trees planted in Korea urban greening

EJ Jin, JH Yoon, EJ Bae, BR Jeong, SH Yong, MS Choi - Forests, 2021 - mdpi.com
Broad-leaved evergreen trees create urban forests for mitigation of climate warming and
adsorption of particulate matter (PM). This study was performed to identify the species …

Impact of vehicular emissions on anatomical and morphological characteristics of vascular plants: a comparative study

T Shakeel, M Hussain, GM Shah, I Gul - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Abbottabad is a famous tourist destination due to its greenery and location. However, rapid
increase in population and unplanned urbanization cause various environmental problems …

Retracted Article: Estimation of anticipated performance index and air pollution tolerance index and of vegetation around the marble industrial areas of Potwar region …

MJ Noor, S Sultana, S Fatima, M Ahmad… - Environmental …, 2015 - Springer
Mitigating industrial air pollution is a big challenge, in such scenario screening of plants as a
bio monitor is extremely significant. It requires proper selection and screening of sensitive …

PAHs accumulation on leaves of six evergreen urban shrubs: A field experiment

G Fellet, F Pošćić, S Licen, L Marchiol, R Musetti… - Atmospheric Pollution …, 2016 - Elsevier
Air pollution refers to the occurrence of toxic substances in the atmosphere which results in
detrimental effects to human beings and living environments. Among the most common …

[PDF][PDF] Biomonitoring of air pollution using plants

H Badamasi - MAYFEB Journal of Environmental Science, 2017 - academia.edu
Air pollution has become a major environmental problem facing the world today due rapid
increase in industrialization and anthropogenic activities. As such, there is a need for more …

Study of biochemical factors in assessing air pollution tolerance index of selected plant species in and around Durgapur industrial belt, India

S Sarkar, K Mondal, S Sanyal… - Environmental Monitoring …, 2021 - Springer
Increasing levels of pollution put plants under stress, leading to changes in their biochemical
factors, which can be measured using the pollution tolerance index (APTI). APTI is a …