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A handbook of environmental toxicology: human disorders and ecotoxicology.

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Chapter 9 (Page no: 127)

Plant response to acid rain stress.

Acid rain is known as the 'air killer' because of its devastating damage to the ecosystem. As the major factor in the terrestrial ecosystem, the toxic effect of acid rain on plants has attracted more attention of researchers. The loss in agriculture and forestry caused by acid rain aggravates the challenge for achieving sustainable food production to feed the world's increasing population. This chapter reviews the history of acid rain and current situation, and then discusses the toxic effects of acid rain on plants, including morphology and growth of plant leaf and root, photosynthesis, nutrient uptake, plasma membrane and reactive oxygen species and its scavenging, as well as mechanisms on the combined effects of acid rain and other abiotic stress factors on plants. Based on these, the countermeasures to reduce the damage caused by acid rain to plants are considered.

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Chapter details

  • Author Affiliation
  • Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Anaerobic Biotechnology, School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.
  • Year of Publication
  • 2020
  • ISBN
  • 9781786394675
  • Record Number
  • 20193493739