Effect of marble dust on plants around Vishwakarma Industrial Area (VKIA) in Jaipur, India.
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2011-03
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The paper describes the effect of marble dust on plants in and around Vishwakarma Industrial Area (VKIA)
Jaipur, Rajasthan (India). Trees species growing in and around VKIA area were selected and various morphological
characteristics were studied such as leaf area dry weight ratio (LADWR), Dust retaining capacity (DRC) and
Chlorophyll content. In the study the effects of marble dust on selected tree species was observed. LADWR was
recorded maximunm 217.90 cm2 g-1 dry wt. in Polyalthia longifolia in VKIA and minimum 98.74 cm2 g-1 dry wt.
in Ficus religiosa in Nindar whereas The DRC was observed maximum 178.51 mg cm-2 in Azadirachta indica
in VKIA as well as minimum recorded 66.41 mg cm-2 in Thevetie pervvianain in Vidyadher Nagar. However the
Total Chlorophyll Content was also determined and it was found maximum in Bougainvillea i.e. 2.949 mg g-1
(fresh wt.) in VKIA whereas minimum for Nindar i.e. 0.784 mg g-1 (fresh wt.) in Ficus religiosa.
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Anthropogenesis activities, Marble industries, Leaf area dry weight ratio, Dust retaining capacity
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Saini Yashoda, Bhardwaj Nagendra, Gautam Radha. Effect of marble dust on plants around Vishwakarma Industrial Area (VKIA) in Jaipur, India. Journal of Environmental Biology. 2011 Mar; 32(2): 209-212.