This paper suggests that the mechanism that controls resistance of plants to oxidant
pollutants may be similar to the one that controls resistance to other extremes in …

Publisher Summary The investigations of air pollution injury to vegetation began near the
middle of the 19 th century. Injury from leaking illuminating gas mains also was an early …

Ozone is very toxic to tobacco, causing serious injury in greenhouses and fields. Certain
varieties, differing in sensitivity, have proved useful as indicators of the presence, and to …

In Part 1 of this four-part series, the energy transfers and transformations that maintain the
large-scale atmospheric circulation patterns were considered. As was pointed out in Part 1 …

In water treatment plants equipped with large–scale ozonation facilities, specific safety
measures must be constantly reviewed and tested. Safety of employees: in high …

Hourly concentrations of ozone were measured by the chemiluminescence method during
the summer of 1971 in the vicinity of 33 cities. A listing was made of the percent of time the …

Weather fleck, a tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) leaf spot, is an important production
problem in Connecticut and Florida, and also in southern Ontario, Canada. It occurs …

THUNDERSTORMS exert considerable influence upon the environment of many locales.
The unique destructive offspring of the thunderstorm which includes lightning, hail, and …

Surface ozone concentrations were measured in the Greater Boston area from November,
1964 to December, 1965. Ozone was monitored continuosly using a Mast …

A 2-year study of the relationship of wind speed and direction to total oxidant (including
ozone) concentration and phytotoxicity was made of two New Jersey communities, Carlstadt …