Response of air pollution load on biomass, yield and calorific value of two wheat cultivars

Abstract

The study was conducted for the assessing the effect of air pollutants for the common wheat cultivars CV 147 and CV Lok-1 at five different location covering crop lands in South West part of India for three years. Study was done at various distances from source of pollution load in up wind and prevailing wind direction extending up to 5 kms. The pollutant measured were suspended particulate matter (SPM), sulphur di-oxide (SO₂), oxide of nitrogen (NOx) and ground level ozone (O₃).