Air Pollution Tolerance Index of Selected Tree Species of Doon Valley of Uttarakhand (India)

Sohni Sinha; A. K. Tripathi; Nemit Verma

doi:10.36808/if/2017/v143i2/113593

Air Pollution Tolerance Index of Selected Tree Species of Doon Valley of Uttarakhand (India)

Authors

Sohni Sinha Forest Ecology and Environment Division, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
A. K. Tripathi Forest Ecology and Environment Division, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
Nemit Verma Forest Ecology and Environment Division, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2017/v143i2/113593

Keywords:

Air Pollution Tolerance Index, Vehicular Exhaust, Chlorophyll Contents, Ascorbic Acid, Relative Water Content.

Abstract

The Present study was carried out to assess the impact of air pollution by vehicular exhaust on some selected roadside tree species grown in crowded areas of Dehradun city, capital of Uttarakhand, hilly state of India. The selected tree species Mangifera indica L., Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers., Ficus religiosa L., Dalbergia sissoo DC., Alstonia scholaris (L.) R. Br., Polyalthia longifolia (Sonn.) Thwaites, Eucalyptus tereticornis Sm., Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels and Shorea robusta Gaertn.; were analysed for total chlorophyll contents, ascorbic acid, relative water content and leaf extract pH. The Air Pollution Tolerance Index (APTI) of different tree species was calculated.

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