Dust retaining potential of Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A. Gray

Authors

  • Joshi Nitesh Department of Botany, Rizvi College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Bandra West, Mumbai - 400050, Maharashtra, India
  • Joshi Ambika Department of Botany, Jai hind College, Churchgate, Mumbai - 400020, Maharashtra, India
  • Bist Bharati Department of Botany, Rizvi College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Bandra West, Mumbai - 400050, Maharashtra, India

Keywords:

Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A. Gray, Tarapur, Dust fall

Abstract

The suspended particulate matter or dust is one of the many pollutants present in the atmosphere. It is a renowned fact that vegetation helps in reducing dust concentrations in environment by acting as sink for air pollutants. Dust fall studies done on a perennial herb Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.)A.Gray at 10 different sites selected throughout the industrial area of Tarapur implies that in comparison to Control site readings, all the other sites had considerably high dust fall values throughout the 2 dry seasons i.e. from October 2012 to May -2013. Severely affected months in the entire study period were October, November, December and January. Sampling sites in closer proximities to vehicular and industrial pollution sources showed highest accumulation of foliar dust.

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Published

2016-07-23

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Joshi Nitesh, Joshi Ambika, & Bist Bharati. (2016). Dust retaining potential of Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A. Gray. International Journal of Life Sciences, 4(2), 235–240. Retrieved from https://ijlsci.in/ls/index.php/home/article/view/1301

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Vol. 4 No. 2 (2016): International Journal of Life Sciences

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