Phytotoxic effect of stimulated acid rain on black gram

Abstract

Rain has always been valued for mankind, all living organisms as well as flora and fauna for their life. But nowadays, simple rain has taken on a threatening complexity in some parts of the world due to industrialisation, urbanisation and modern life style. Acid rain affects all types of plants and decreases the growth, yield, photosynthetic pigments and degrades the quality of fruits (Heck et al. 1986). Feng et al. (2002) reported that vegetables are more sensitive to acid deposition than food stuff crops. Agarwal et al. (2005) observed that all parameters of plant growth, yield and photosynthetic pigments of mustard crop were adversely affected by the simulated acid rain treatments....contains a total of 4 pages