15Nov 2017

AIR POLLUTION TOLERANCE INDEX (APTI) OF SELECTED PLANTS NEAR BHUSAN SPONGE IRON INDUSTRY LOCATED IN RENGALI BLOCK OF SAMBALPUR DISTRICT, ODISHA, INDIA.

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In this paper the air pollution tolerance index (APTI) of twenty plant species near BPSL (Bhushan Power and Steel Ltd.) Rengali, Sambalpur were investigated. Screening of plants for their sensitivity/ tolerance level to air pollutants is important because the sensitive plants can serve as bio-indicator and the tolerant plants as sink for controlling air pollution in industrial areas. In order to evaluate the susceptibility level of plants to air pollutants, four parameters namely total chlorophyll, ascorbic acid, pH of leaf extract and relative water content were determined and computed to signify APTI . The results showed that at experimental plot the most tolerant species with respects to APTI are Mangifera indica, Calotropis procera, Lantana camara, and Dalbergia sisoo. The plant species like Eucalyptas citriodora, Ficus religiosa, Delonix regia, Ficus bengalnesis, Madhuca indica, Aegle marmelos, Liziphus julyuba, Ailanthus excels, Diospyros melanoxylon, Shorea robusta, Butea monosperma, Bombax ceiba, Azadirachta indica, Artocarpus heterophyllus are intermediately tolerant where as Buchania lanzan and Tabernaemontana divaricata where categorized as sensitive species. The same was recorded for plants of control plot but with a lower APTI value, except Bombax ceiba which was considered as sensitive species. The present study suggests that evaluation of plant tolerance and performance index might be very useful in selection of appropriate species for the development of green belt in the vicinity of industrial areas.

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[Sasmita Dash and Sunanda Sahoo. (2017); AIR POLLUTION TOLERANCE INDEX (APTI) OF SELECTED PLANTS NEAR BHUSAN SPONGE IRON INDUSTRY LOCATED IN RENGALI BLOCK OF SAMBALPUR DISTRICT, ODISHA, INDIA. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Nov). 599-607] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

DR. (MRS.) SUNANDA SAHOO
School of Life Sciences, Sambalpur UNiversity, Jyoti Vihar, Burla, Sambalpur, Odisha, India

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/5807      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/5807

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