Chapter 18

Impacts of Air Pollution and Climate Change on Plants

Implications for India

Vivek Pandey*,1, Elina Oksanen, Nandita Singh* and Chhemendra Sharma,    *Plant Ecology and Environmental Science, National Botanical Research Institute (CSIR-NBRI), Lucknow, India,    Department of Biology, University of Eastern Finland, P. O. Box 111, Joensuu, Finland,    Radio and Atmospheric Sciences Division, National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, India,    1Corresponding author: e-mail: v.pandey@nbri.res.in

Abstract

The air pollution and greenhouse gas emission problem has been exacerbated in India due to large population increase and rapid economic growth. The Indo-Gangetic Plains of Northern India, one of the most fertile regions of the world, ...

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