Department of Botany, Laboratory of Applied Stress Biology, University of Gour Banga, Malda-732 103, West Bengal, India
Research Article
Utilization of mango plants (Mangifera indica L.) as in situ bio-monitoring tool against vehicular air pollution along National
and State Highways: A case study from Malda district, West Bengal, India
Author(s): Sujit Das and Abhijit Sarkar*
Background and aim: Air pollution has emerged as a serious global issues. Among anthropogenic sources, only mobile sources, i.e., vehicles contribute 70% of total air pollution as it emit higher amount of air pollutants into the ambient atmosphere, which create negative impact on air quality. To reduce such impact, environmentalists and policy makers have emphasized on the necessary of bio-monitoring of air pollution by using trees. Malda is famous for mango orchards which are abundant along NH-34 and SH-10. This district is home of 200 folk mango varieties of which Fazli, Aswina, Laxmanbhog, Langra, and Himsagar are predominant, hence these varieties have been selected for bio-monitoring.
Methods: The present study was conducted alongside national and state highways, i.e., NH-34 and SH-10 within Malda district from January- December, 2016. .. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2322-3308-11.3.004
