<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Nowadays, the air pollution has become a major environmental problem due to rapid increase of industrialization and anthropogenic activities which led to climate change. Air pollution is considered as a harmful agent for human health. Different classes of gaseous pollutants (SOx, NOx) are continuously released in air and perceived/recognized as pollutants. Among the biological models, plants could give us information related with pollution range in a monitored area, analyzing injuries caused on the leaves surfaces. The aim of this study was to identify and select certain species of plants for using them in experimental biomonitoring studies. An experimental fumigation system with a closed fumigation glasshouses maintained under defined conditions with environmental control and pollutant delivery was used to study the effects of air pollution on plants species. The relative degrees of injury as a response of plants to pollutants fumigation were assessed. Considering the sensitiveness degree to pollutants, the indigenous tobacco Nicotiana rustica proved to be the most sensitive followed by cultivated tobacco Nicotiana tabacum and least sensitive Petunia hibrida. Future researches will focus on field biomonitoring.</p></abstract>

Nowadays, the air pollution has become a major environmental problem due to rapid increase of industrialization and anthropogenic activities which led to climate change. Air pollution is considered as a harmful agent for human health. Different classes of gaseous pollutants (SOx, NOx) are continuously released in air and perceived/recognized as pollutants. Among the biological models, plants could give us information related with pollution range in a monitored area, analyzing injuries caused on the leaves surfaces. The aim of this study was to identify and select certain species of plants for using them in experimental biomonitoring studies. An experimental fumigation system with a closed fumigation glasshouses maintained under defined conditions with environmental control and pollutant delivery was used to study the effects of air pollution on plants species. The relative degrees of injury as a response of plants to pollutants fumigation were assessed. Considering the sensitiveness degree to pollutants, the indigenous tobacco Nicotiana rustica proved to be the most sensitive followed by cultivated tobacco Nicotiana tabacum and least sensitive Petunia hibrida. Future researches will focus on field biomonitoring.

Biomonitoring climate change and air quality assessment using bioindicators as experimental model

National Research and Development Institute for Industrial Ecology INCD ECOIND

Proceedings of the International Conference on Business Excellence

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Nowadays, the air pollution has become a major environmental problem due to rapid increase of industrialization and anthropogenic activities which led to...

Biomonitoring climate change and air quality assessment using bioindicators as experimental model

Published Online: Nov 29, 2019

Page range: 663 - 672

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/picbe-2019-0059

Keywords
climate change, air quality, biomonitoring, bioindicators, experimental model

© 2019 Andreea Cozea et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Biomonitoring climate change and air quality assessment using bioindicators as experimental model

Published Online: Nov 29, 2019

Page range: 663 - 672

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/picbe-2019-0059

Keywordsclimate change, air quality, biomonitoring, bioindicators, experimental model

© 2019 Andreea Cozea et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
climate change, air quality, biomonitoring, bioindicators, experimental model