Assessment of air pollution sensitivity of some selected tree species of busiest roads of Lahore city
Journal Title: Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences (JBES) - Year 2016, Vol 9, Issue 2
Abstract
The research includes Air Pollution Tolerance Index (APTI) of commonly occurring tree of Mall road and Jail road of Lahore, Pakistan. In order to find out APTI, four species were selected i.e. Alstonia scholaris (L.) R.Br., Callistemon citrinus (Curtis) Skeels, Ficus religiosa L. and Morus alba L. The experiment was carried out by taking four aspects viz. pH, ascorbic acid, total chlorophyll and leaf water content (%) of leaf samples of these tree species. It was found that the Ficus religiosa was the most tolerant having APTI value 9.09, while Callistemon citrinus showed lowest value of 7.86 which indicated that it was most sensitive to air pollution.
Authors and Affiliations
Sohaib Muhammad, Fara Shakeel, Zaheer-ud-din Khan, Muhammad Hasnain, Tanzeem Akbar Cheema
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