Influence of Vehicular Pollutants on Chloroph...

Influence of Vehicular Pollutants on Chlorophyll Contents of Some Common Tree Plants

Author Name : K. Singh Garg, Dr. M. Pal, Dr. Kirti Jain

ABSTRACT

In the present investigation, comparative studies have been done, to find the effect of air pollutants generated from the increasing number of fossil fuel driven vehicles exhausted enormous amount of smoke containing oxides of nitrogen.The leaves samples of Azadiractaindica, Ficusreligiosa, mangiferaindicawere collected from areas with potentially High polluted site, Moderate polluted site and Low polluted siteof air pollution Photosynthetic pigments chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b and carotenoids were quantified. A reduction in the photosynthetic pigments of plant leaves growing in higher polluted site as compared to none or less polluted ones.

Key words: Chlorophyll, Carotenoids, Air Pollution,Quantification, Photosynthetic Pigments.